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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/cred.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cred.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index f1085767e1b3..48979fcb95cf 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -252,6 +252,17 @@ static inline const struct cred *get_cred(const struct cred *cred) return get_new_cred(nonconst_cred); } +static inline const struct cred *get_cred_rcu(const struct cred *cred) +{ + struct cred *nonconst_cred = (struct cred *) cred; + if (!cred) + return NULL; + if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&nonconst_cred->usage)) + return NULL; + validate_creds(cred); + return cred; +} + /** * put_cred - Release a reference to a set of credentials * @cred: The credentials to release |