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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cred.h | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/init_task.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 5 |
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index 794aab5c66e5..55a9c995d694 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ extern struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void); extern struct cred *prepare_usermodehelper_creds(void); extern int commit_creds(struct cred *); extern void abort_creds(struct cred *); -extern const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *) __deprecated; -extern void revert_creds(const struct cred *) __deprecated; +extern const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *); +extern void revert_creds(const struct cred *); extern void __init cred_init(void); /** @@ -202,32 +202,32 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred) } /** - * current_cred - Access the current task's credentials + * current_cred - Access the current task's subjective credentials * - * Access the credentials of the current task. + * Access the subjective credentials of the current task. */ #define current_cred() \ (current->cred) /** - * __task_cred - Access another task's credentials + * __task_cred - Access a task's objective credentials * @task: The task to query * - * Access the credentials of another task. The caller must hold the - * RCU readlock. + * Access the objective credentials of a task. The caller must hold the RCU + * readlock. * * The caller must make sure task doesn't go away, either by holding a ref on * task or by holding tasklist_lock to prevent it from being unlinked. */ #define __task_cred(task) \ - ((const struct cred *)(rcu_dereference((task)->cred))) + ((const struct cred *)(rcu_dereference((task)->real_cred))) /** - * get_task_cred - Get another task's credentials + * get_task_cred - Get another task's objective credentials * @task: The task to query * - * Get the credentials of a task, pinning them so that they can't go away. - * Accessing a task's credentials directly is not permitted. + * 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 make sure task doesn't go away, either by holding a ref on * task or by holding tasklist_lock to prevent it from being unlinked. @@ -243,10 +243,11 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred) }) /** - * get_current_cred - Get the current task's credentials + * get_current_cred - Get the current task's subjective credentials * - * Get the credentials of the current task, pinning them so that they can't go - * away. Accessing the current task's credentials directly is not permitted. + * Get the subjective credentials of the current task, pinning them so that + * they can't go away. Accessing the current task's credentials directly is + * not permitted. */ #define get_current_cred() \ (get_cred(current_cred())) diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h index 08c3b24ad9a8..2597858035cd 100644 --- a/include/linux/init_task.h +++ b/include/linux/init_task.h @@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ extern struct cred init_cred; .children = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.children), \ .sibling = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.sibling), \ .group_leader = &tsk, \ + .real_cred = &init_cred, \ .cred = &init_cred, \ .cred_exec_mutex = \ __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(tsk.cred_exec_mutex), \ diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 121d655e460d..3443123b0709 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1145,7 +1145,10 @@ struct task_struct { struct list_head cpu_timers[3]; /* process credentials */ - const struct cred *cred; /* actual/objective task credentials (COW) */ + const struct cred *real_cred; /* objective and real subjective task + * credentials (COW) */ + const struct cred *cred; /* effective (overridable) subjective task + * credentials (COW) */ struct mutex cred_exec_mutex; /* execve vs ptrace cred calculation mutex */ char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; /* executable name excluding path |