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| author | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2024-11-25 17:10:25 +0300 |
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| committer | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2024-12-02 13:25:14 +0300 |
| commit | 6efbb80490a545cfd9f87ebd9225879d8cdbed93 (patch) | |
| tree | a1d0d7d15440f142534fe3f3b3722b72ded01804 | |
| parent | 4fa6af563d4dcef43ae34a9bce9d1a9440f20867 (diff) | |
| download | linux-6efbb80490a545cfd9f87ebd9225879d8cdbed93.tar.xz | |
cred: remove unused get_new_cred()
This helper is not used anymore so remove it.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241125-work-cred-v2-29-68b9d38bb5b2@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-- | Documentation/security/credentials.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cred.h | 13 |
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst index 357328d566c8..2aa0791bcefe 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst @@ -527,11 +527,6 @@ There are some functions to help manage credentials: This gets a reference on a live set of credentials, returning a pointer to that set of credentials. - - ``struct cred *get_new_cred(struct cred *cred);`` - - This gets a reference on a set of credentials that is under construction - and is thus still mutable, returning a pointer to that set of credentials. - Open File Credentials ===================== diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index a7df1c759ef0..360f5fd3854b 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -201,19 +201,6 @@ static inline struct cred *get_new_cred_many(struct cred *cred, int nr) } /** - * get_new_cred - Get a reference on a new set of credentials - * @cred: The new credentials to reference - * - * Get a reference on the specified set of new credentials. The caller must - * release the reference. - */ -static inline struct cred *get_new_cred(const struct cred *cred) -{ - struct cred *nonconst_cred = (struct cred *) cred; - return get_new_cred_many(nonconst_cred, 1); -} - -/** * get_cred_many - Get references on a set of credentials * @cred: The credentials to reference * @nr: Number of references to acquire |