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authorJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2014-11-19 21:32:12 +1100
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2014-11-19 21:32:12 +1100
commitb10778a00d40b3d9fdaaf5891e802794781ff71c (patch)
tree6ba4cbac86eecedc3f30650e7f764ecf00c83898 /include/linux/cred.h
parent594081ee7145cc30a3977cb4e218f81213b63dc5 (diff)
parentbfe01a5ba2490f299e1d2d5508cbbbadd897bbe9 (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.17' into next
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diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index f61d6c8f5ef..b2d0820837c 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -259,6 +259,15 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
rcu_dereference_protected(current->cred, 1)
/**
+ * current_real_cred - Access the current task's objective credentials
+ *
+ * Access the objective credentials of the current task. RCU-safe,
+ * since nobody else can modify it.
+ */
+#define current_real_cred() \
+ rcu_dereference_protected(current->real_cred, 1)
+
+/**
* __task_cred - Access a task's objective credentials
* @task: The task to query
*