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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-08-02 08:29:56 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-08-02 08:31:54 +0200 |
commit | 3772b734720e1a3f2dc1d95cfdfaa5332f4ccf01 (patch) | |
tree | a1a8cc85948c086aa12a1d8014151a7ca7c04ea8 /kernel/cred.c | |
parent | 9fc3af467d0749989518a23f7289a6f44e5cb214 (diff) | |
parent | 9fe6206f400646a2322096b56c59891d530e8d51 (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'v2.6.35' into perf/core
Conflicts:
tools/perf/Makefile
tools/perf/util/hist.c
Merge reason: Resolve the conflicts and update to latest upstream.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index a2d5504..60bc8b1 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -209,6 +209,31 @@ void exit_creds(struct task_struct *tsk) } } +/** + * get_task_cred - Get another task's objective credentials + * @task: The task to query + * + * Get the objective credentials of a task, pinning them so that they can't go + * away. Accessing a task's credentials directly is not permitted. + * + * The caller must also make sure task doesn't get deleted, either by holding a + * ref on task or by holding tasklist_lock to prevent it from being unlinked. + */ +const struct cred *get_task_cred(struct task_struct *task) +{ + const struct cred *cred; + + rcu_read_lock(); + + do { + cred = __task_cred((task)); + BUG_ON(!cred); + } while (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&((struct cred *)cred)->usage)); + + rcu_read_unlock(); + return cred; +} + /* * Allocate blank credentials, such that the credentials can be filled in at a * later date without risk of ENOMEM. |