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author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2010-08-04 15:14:38 +0200 |
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committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2010-08-04 15:14:38 +0200 |
commit | d790d4d583aeaed9fc6f8a9f4d9f8ce6b1c15c7f (patch) | |
tree | 854ab394486288d40fa8179cbfaf66e8bdc44b0f /kernel/cred.c | |
parent | 73b2c7165b76b20eb1290e7efebc33cfd21db1ca (diff) | |
parent | 3a09b1be53d23df780a0cd0e4087a05e2ca4a00c (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into for-next
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diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index a2d5504..60bc8b1 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -209,6 +209,31 @@ void exit_creds(struct task_struct *tsk) } } +/** + * get_task_cred - Get another task's objective credentials + * @task: The task to query + * + * Get the objective credentials of a task, pinning them so that they can't go + * away. Accessing a task's credentials directly is not permitted. + * + * The caller must also make sure task doesn't get deleted, either by holding a + * ref on task or by holding tasklist_lock to prevent it from being unlinked. + */ +const struct cred *get_task_cred(struct task_struct *task) +{ + const struct cred *cred; + + rcu_read_lock(); + + do { + cred = __task_cred((task)); + BUG_ON(!cred); + } while (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&((struct cred *)cred)->usage)); + + rcu_read_unlock(); + return cred; +} + /* * Allocate blank credentials, such that the credentials can be filled in at a * later date without risk of ENOMEM. |