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diff --git a/Documentation/credentials.txt b/Documentation/credentials.txt index a2db352..995baf3 100644 --- a/Documentation/credentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/credentials.txt @@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ reference on them using: This does all the RCU magic inside of it. The caller must call put_cred() on the credentials so obtained when they're finished with. + [*] Note: The result of __task_cred() should not be passed directly to + get_cred() as this may race with commit_cred(). + There are a couple of convenience functions to access bits of another task's credentials, hiding the RCU magic from the caller: |
