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authorChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2024-11-25 15:10:03 +0100
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2024-12-02 11:25:10 +0100
commit7915f42453602697b402d8cbbeb7689166fb569b (patch)
tree4771d755ded96ec4fe28c3ecdd79c8ae668efd38
parent51c0bcf0973a3836adfc46f30f876f412478e376 (diff)
firmware: avoid pointless reference count bump
The creds are allocated via prepare_kernel_cred() which has already taken a reference. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241125-work-cred-v2-7-68b9d38bb5b2@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index a97fa36ee4bd..cb0912ea3e62 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
- old_cred = override_creds(get_new_cred(kern_cred));
+ old_cred = override_creds(kern_cred);
ret = fw_get_filesystem_firmware(device, fw->priv, "", NULL);
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
} else
ret = assign_fw(fw, device);
- put_cred(revert_creds(old_cred));
+ revert_creds(old_cred);
put_cred(kern_cred);
out: