linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/59] CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the PA-RISC arch

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Message-ID: <20080827221924.GA6298@phobos.i.cabal.ca>
Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:19:24 -0400
From:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/59] CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the
	PA-RISC arch

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 02:45:57PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Wrap access to task credentials so that they can be separated more easily from
> the task_struct during the introduction of COW creds.
> 
> Change most current->(|e|s|fs)[ug]id to current_(|e|s|fs)[ug]id().
> 
> Change some task->e?[ug]id to task_e?[ug]id().  In some places it makes more
> sense to use RCU directly rather than a convenient wrapper; these will be
> addressed by later patches.
> 

OK.

Feel free to push this with the rest of them, if you haven't already,
with my blessing.

r, Kyle
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