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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sys.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sys.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index c4d6b59553e..ccc9eb736d3 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -112,14 +112,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cad_pid); void (*pm_power_off_prepare)(void); +/* + * set the priority of a task + * - the caller must hold the RCU read lock + */ static int set_one_prio(struct task_struct *p, int niceval, int error) { - uid_t euid = current_euid(); + const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *pcred = __task_cred(p); int no_nice; - if (p->cred->uid != euid && - p->cred->euid != euid && - !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) { + if (pcred->uid != cred->euid && + pcred->euid != cred->euid && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) { error = -EPERM; goto out; } |