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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/credentials.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cred.h | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 1 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/credentials.txt b/Documentation/credentials.txt index a2db35287003..995baf379c07 100644 --- a/Documentation/credentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/credentials.txt @@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ reference on them using: This does all the RCU magic inside of it. The caller must call put_cred() on the credentials so obtained when they're finished with. + [*] Note: The result of __task_cred() should not be passed directly to + get_cred() as this may race with commit_cred(). + There are a couple of convenience functions to access bits of another task's credentials, hiding the RCU magic from the caller: diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index ce40cbc791e2..4d2c39573f36 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -274,13 +274,18 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred) * @task: The task to query * * Access the objective credentials of a task. The caller must hold the RCU - * readlock. + * readlock or the task must be dead and unable to change its own credentials. * - * The caller must make sure task doesn't go away, either by holding a ref on - * task or by holding tasklist_lock to prevent it from being unlinked. + * The result of this function should not be passed directly to get_cred(); + * rather get_task_cred() should be used instead. */ -#define __task_cred(task) \ - ((const struct cred *)(rcu_dereference_check((task)->real_cred, rcu_read_lock_held() || lockdep_tasklist_lock_is_held()))) +#define __task_cred(task) \ + ({ \ + const struct task_struct *__t = (task); \ + rcu_dereference_check(__t->real_cred, \ + rcu_read_lock_held() || \ + task_is_dead(__t)); \ + }) /** * get_current_cred - Get the current task's subjective credentials diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 747fcaedddb7..0478888c6899 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ extern char ___assert_task_state[1 - 2*!!( #define task_is_traced(task) ((task->state & __TASK_TRACED) != 0) #define task_is_stopped(task) ((task->state & __TASK_STOPPED) != 0) +#define task_is_dead(task) ((task)->exit_state != 0) #define task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) \ ((task->state & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)) != 0) #define task_contributes_to_load(task) \ |