From f1752eec6145c97163dbce62d17cf5d928e28a27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:39:17 +1100 Subject: CRED: Detach the credentials from task_struct Detach the credentials from task_struct, duplicating them in copy_process() and releasing them in __put_task_struct(). Signed-off-by: David Howells Acked-by: James Morris Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: James Morris --- include/linux/cred.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/cred.h') diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index 3e65587a72e5..a7a686074cb0 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -158,4 +158,33 @@ do { \ *(_gid) = current->cred->fsgid; \ } while(0) +extern void __put_cred(struct cred *); +extern int copy_creds(struct task_struct *, unsigned long); + +/** + * get_cred - Get a reference on a set of credentials + * @cred: The credentials to reference + * + * Get a reference on the specified set of credentials. The caller must + * release the reference. + */ +static inline struct cred *get_cred(struct cred *cred) +{ + atomic_inc(&cred->usage); + 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. + */ +static inline void put_cred(struct cred *cred) +{ + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&(cred)->usage)) + __put_cred(cred); +} + #endif /* _LINUX_CRED_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3