prepare_bprm_creds is not used outside exec.c, so there's no reason for it to have external linkage. Signed-off-by: Chanho Min <chanho.min@xxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 2 +- include/linux/binfmts.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index fc281b7..b6c9e5f 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(finalize_exec); * Or, if exec fails before, free_bprm() should release ->cred and * and unlock. */ -int prepare_bprm_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm) +static int prepare_bprm_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm) { if (mutex_lock_interruptible(¤t->signal->cred_guard_mutex)) return -ERESTARTNOINTR; diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h index e9f5fe6..6a9e43d 100644 --- a/include/linux/binfmts.h +++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h @@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ extern int transfer_args_to_stack(struct linux_binprm *bprm, extern int bprm_change_interp(const char *interp, struct linux_binprm *bprm); extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct linux_binprm *bprm); -extern int prepare_bprm_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm); extern void install_exec_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm); extern void set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new); extern ssize_t read_code(struct file *, unsigned long, loff_t, size_t); -- 2.1.4