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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/cred.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cred.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index d2db1da3036c..ee2b36cdb80d 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ 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 @@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ 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); nonconst_cred->non_rcu = 0; return get_new_cred(nonconst_cred); @@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ static inline const struct cred *get_cred(const struct cred *cred) * @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 @@ -274,9 +276,11 @@ 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); + } } /** |