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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index 48e82af1159b..98f46efbe2d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -265,10 +265,11 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
/**
* current_cred - Access the current task's subjective credentials
*
- * Access the subjective credentials of the current task.
+ * Access the subjective credentials of the current task. RCU-safe,
+ * since nobody else can modify it.
*/
#define current_cred() \
- (current->cred)
+ (*(__force struct cred **)&current->cred)
/**
* __task_cred - Access a task's objective credentials
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
({ \
struct user_struct *__u; \
struct cred *__cred; \
- __cred = (struct cred *) current_cred(); \
+ __cred = current_cred(); \
__u = get_uid(__cred->user); \
__u; \
})
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
({ \
struct group_info *__groups; \
struct cred *__cred; \
- __cred = (struct cred *) current_cred(); \
+ __cred = current_cred(); \
__groups = get_group_info(__cred->group_info); \
__groups; \
})
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
#define current_cred_xxx(xxx) \
({ \
- current->cred->xxx; \
+ current_cred()->xxx; \
})
#define current_uid() (current_cred_xxx(uid))