This way, functions that already need to sort the group list need not do
so twice.
The new set_groups_sorted is intentionally not exported.
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/groups.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/groups.c b/kernel/groups.c
index 451698f..f0667e7 100644
--- a/kernel/groups.c
+++ b/kernel/groups.c
@@ -154,16 +154,26 @@ int groups_search(const struct group_info *group_info, kgid_t grp)
}
/**
+ * set_groups_sorted - Change a group subscription in a set of credentials
+ * @new: The newly prepared set of credentials to alter
+ * @group_info: The group list to install; must be sorted
+ */
+static void set_groups_sorted(struct cred *new, struct group_info *group_info)
+{
+ put_group_info(new->group_info);
+ get_group_info(group_info);
+ new->group_info = group_info;
+}
+
+/**
* set_groups - Change a group subscription in a set of credentials
* @new: The newly prepared set of credentials to alter
* @group_info: The group list to install
*/
void set_groups(struct cred *new, struct group_info *group_info)
{
- put_group_info(new->group_info);
groups_sort(group_info);
- get_group_info(group_info);
- new->group_info = group_info;
+ set_groups_sorted(new, group_info);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_groups);
--
2.1.3
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