linux-kernel - [PATCH] CRED: Delete alloc

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Date:	Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:10:05 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	akpm@...l.org, jmorris@...ei.org
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] CRED: Delete alloc_creds() as it's not used

Delete alloc_creds() as it's not used.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 kernel/cred-internals.h |    5 -----
 kernel/cred.c           |   15 ---------------
 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)


diff --git a/kernel/cred-internals.h b/kernel/cred-internals.h
index f16312a..2dc4fc2 100644
--- a/kernel/cred-internals.h
+++ b/kernel/cred-internals.h
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * cred.c
- */
-extern struct cred *alloc_creds(const struct cred *, gfp_t);
-
-/*
  * user.c
  */
 static inline void sched_switch_user(struct task_struct *p)
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index a68a154..49ed76a 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -112,21 +112,6 @@ void __put_cred(struct cred *cred)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__put_cred);
 
-/*
- * Allocate new credentials
- */
-struct cred *alloc_creds(const struct cred *old, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	struct cred *new;
-
-	new = kmem_cache_alloc(cred_jar, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!new)
-		return NULL;
-	if (old)
-		memcpy(new, old, sizeof(struct cred));
-	return new;
-}
-
 /**
  * prepare_creds - Prepare a new set of credentials for modification
  *

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