linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/59] CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in 9P2000 filesystem

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Date:	Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:59:12 -0500
From:	"Eric Van Hensbergen" <ericvh@...il.com>
To:	"David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	"Serge Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	"Ron Minnich" <rminnich@...dia.gov>,
	"Latchesar Ionkov" <lucho@...kov.net>,
	v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/59] CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in 9P2000 filesystem

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:46 AM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>
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