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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cred.c | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
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. diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 5d2d281..6c56282 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const char __user *, name_user, /* Store the name of the last unloaded module for diagnostic purposes */ strlcpy(last_unloaded_module, mod->name, sizeof(last_unloaded_module)); - ddebug_remove_module(mod->name); free_module(mod); return 0; @@ -1550,6 +1549,9 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod) remove_sect_attrs(mod); mod_kobject_remove(mod); + /* Remove dynamic debug info */ + ddebug_remove_module(mod->name); + /* Arch-specific cleanup. */ module_arch_cleanup(mod); |