[PATCH v2 12/29] coredump: avoid pointless cred reference count bump

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The creds are allocated via prepare_creds() which has already taken a
reference.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/coredump.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 0d3a65cac546db6710eb1337b0a9c4ec0ffff679..d48edb37bc35c0896d97a2f6a6cc259d8812f936 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto fail_creds;
 
-	old_cred = override_creds(get_new_cred(cred));
+	old_cred = override_creds(cred);
 
 	ispipe = format_corename(&cn, &cprm, &argv, &argc);
 
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 	kfree(argv);
 	kfree(cn.corename);
 	coredump_finish(core_dumped);
-	put_cred(revert_creds(old_cred));
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
 fail_creds:
 	put_cred(cred);
 fail:

-- 
2.45.2





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