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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/cred.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cred.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index ce40cbc791e..4d2c39573f3 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -274,13 +274,18 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred) * @task: The task to query * * Access the objective credentials of a task. The caller must hold the RCU - * readlock. + * readlock or the task must be dead and unable to change its own credentials. * - * The caller must make sure task doesn't go away, either by holding a ref on - * task or by holding tasklist_lock to prevent it from being unlinked. + * The result of this function should not be passed directly to get_cred(); + * rather get_task_cred() should be used instead. */ -#define __task_cred(task) \ - ((const struct cred *)(rcu_dereference_check((task)->real_cred, rcu_read_lock_held() || lockdep_tasklist_lock_is_held()))) +#define __task_cred(task) \ + ({ \ + const struct task_struct *__t = (task); \ + rcu_dereference_check(__t->real_cred, \ + rcu_read_lock_held() || \ + task_is_dead(__t)); \ + }) /** * get_current_cred - Get the current task's subjective credentials |