All callers of __rpc_clone_client() pass in a value for args->cred, meaning that the credential gets assigned and referenced in the call to rpc_new_client(). Reported-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 79caa5fad47c ("SUNRPC: Cache cred of process creating the rpc_client") Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/clnt.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c index 627a87a71f8b..010e59cf2ae0 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c @@ -634,7 +634,6 @@ static struct rpc_clnt *__rpc_clone_client(struct rpc_create_args *args, new->cl_discrtry = clnt->cl_discrtry; new->cl_chatty = clnt->cl_chatty; new->cl_principal = clnt->cl_principal; - new->cl_cred = get_cred(clnt->cl_cred); return new; out_err: -- 2.21.0