There's no need for this to be a separate helper. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Putting this on top of kernel.cred. --- include/linux/cred.h | 17 ++--------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index 360f5fd3854b..0c3c4b16b469 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -186,20 +186,6 @@ static inline const struct cred *revert_creds(const struct cred *revert_cred) return override_cred; } -/** - * get_new_cred_many - Get references on a new set of credentials - * @cred: The new credentials to reference - * @nr: Number of references to acquire - * - * Get references on the specified set of new credentials. The caller must - * release all acquired references. - */ -static inline struct cred *get_new_cred_many(struct cred *cred, int nr) -{ - atomic_long_add(nr, &cred->usage); - return cred; -} - /** * get_cred_many - Get references on a set of credentials * @cred: The credentials to reference @@ -220,7 +206,8 @@ static inline const struct cred *get_cred_many(const struct cred *cred, int nr) if (!cred) return cred; nonconst_cred->non_rcu = 0; - return get_new_cred_many(nonconst_cred, nr); + atomic_long_add(nr, &nonconst_cred->usage); + return cred; } /* -- 2.45.2