On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 10:09:04PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> (a) add a new "dup_cred()" helper
>
> /* Get the cred without clearing the 'non_rcu' flag */
> const struct cred *dup_cred(const struct cred *cred)
> { get_new_cred((struct cred *)cred); return cred; }
Umm... Something like hold_cred() might be better - dup usually
implies copying an object... For grapping a reference we
normally go for something like hold/get/grab/pin...
