From e04918dc594669068f5d59d567d08db531167188 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Herbert Xu Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 15:18:24 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] cred: Fix RCU warnings in override/revert_creds Fix RCU warnings in override_creds and revert_creds by turning the RCU pointer into a normal pointer using rcu_replace_pointer. These warnings were previously private to the cred code, but due to the move into the header file they are now polluting unrelated subsystems. Fixes: 49dffdfde462 ("cred: Add a light version of override/revert_creds()") Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Z8QGQGW0IaSklKG7@gondor.apana.org.au Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- include/linux/cred.h | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index 0c3c4b16b469..5658a3bfe803 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -172,18 +172,12 @@ static inline bool cap_ambient_invariant_ok(const struct cred *cred) static inline const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *override_cred) { - const struct cred *old = current->cred; - - rcu_assign_pointer(current->cred, override_cred); - return old; + return rcu_replace_pointer(current->cred, override_cred, 1); } static inline const struct cred *revert_creds(const struct cred *revert_cred) { - const struct cred *override_cred = current->cred; - - rcu_assign_pointer(current->cred, revert_cred); - return override_cred; + return rcu_replace_pointer(current->cred, revert_cred, 1); } /** -- 2.25.1