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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/cred.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cred.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index 7eed6101c791..4907c9df86b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ extern int change_create_files_as(struct cred *, struct inode *); extern int set_security_override(struct cred *, u32); extern int set_security_override_from_ctx(struct cred *, const char *); extern int set_create_files_as(struct cred *, struct inode *); +extern int cred_fscmp(const struct cred *, const struct cred *); extern void __init cred_init(void); /* @@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ static inline struct cred *get_new_cred(struct cred *cred) * @cred: The credentials to reference * * Get a reference on the specified set of credentials. The caller must - * release the reference. + * release the reference. If %NULL is passed, it is returned with no action. * * This is used to deal with a committed set of credentials. Although the * pointer is const, this will temporarily discard the const and increment the @@ -247,16 +248,29 @@ static inline struct cred *get_new_cred(struct cred *cred) static inline const struct cred *get_cred(const struct cred *cred) { struct cred *nonconst_cred = (struct cred *) cred; + if (!cred) + return cred; validate_creds(cred); return get_new_cred(nonconst_cred); } +static inline const struct cred *get_cred_rcu(const struct cred *cred) +{ + struct cred *nonconst_cred = (struct cred *) cred; + if (!cred) + return NULL; + if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&nonconst_cred->usage)) + return NULL; + validate_creds(cred); + return cred; +} + /** * put_cred - Release a reference to a set of credentials * @cred: The credentials to release * * Release a reference to a set of credentials, deleting them when the last ref - * is released. + * is released. If %NULL is passed, nothing is done. * * This takes a const pointer to a set of credentials because the credentials * on task_struct are attached by const pointers to prevent accidental @@ -266,9 +280,11 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred) { struct cred *cred = (struct cred *) _cred; - validate_creds(cred); - if (atomic_dec_and_test(&(cred)->usage)) - __put_cred(cred); + if (cred) { + validate_creds(cred); + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&(cred)->usage)) + __put_cred(cred); + } } /** |