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-rw-r--r--include/cutils/sockets.h14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/cutils/sockets.h b/include/cutils/sockets.h
index aa8682ed..19cae0c3 100644
--- a/include/cutils/sockets.h
+++ b/include/cutils/sockets.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
#ifdef HAVE_WINSOCK
#include <winsock2.h>
@@ -92,7 +93,18 @@ extern int socket_local_client_connect(int fd,
const char *name, int namespaceId, int type);
extern int socket_local_client(const char *name, int namespaceId, int type);
extern int socket_inaddr_any_server(int port, int type);
-
+
+/*
+ * socket_peer_is_trusted - Takes a socket which is presumed to be a
+ * connected local socket (e.g. AF_LOCAL) and returns whether the peer
+ * (the userid that owns the process on the other end of that socket)
+ * is one of the two trusted userids, root or shell.
+ *
+ * Note: This only works as advertised on the Android OS and always
+ * just returns true when called on other operating systems.
+ */
+extern bool socket_peer_is_trusted(int fd);
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif