So we can easily convert revert_creds() callers over to drop the reference count explicitly. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/cred.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index e4a3155fe409d6b991fa6639005ebc233fc17dcc..382768a9707b5c3e6cbd3e8183769e1227a73107 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -185,9 +185,12 @@ static inline const struct cred *override_creds_light(const struct cred *overrid return old; } -static inline void revert_creds_light(const struct cred *revert_cred) +static inline const struct cred *revert_creds_light(const struct cred *revert_cred) { + const struct cred *override_cred = current->cred; + rcu_assign_pointer(current->cred, revert_cred); + return override_cred; } /** -- 2.45.2