linux-kernel - Re: Why current->uid is not working in 2.6.29 ?

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Date:	Sat, 23 May 2009 12:17:04 +0300
From:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
To:	Kunsheng Chen <linux_kernel_chan@...oo.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why current->uid is not working in 2.6.29 ?

Kunsheng Chen wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am new to kernel module programming and got some problem while compiling some old kernel code. 
>
> The
> code is trying to get user id using current->uid,   but it is not
> working by reminding me 'task_struct; doesn't contain field uid '.  
>
> I checked the linux source code , uid is not there any more.
>   
They were replaced by some other calls. For example the following is a
snippet which ports the old code to the new API:

-                      address, current->uid);
+                      address, current_uid());


The commit 1330deb0f6e89525c8e9fcbd6b13522c9243bfc0 is a good example of
what are the new replacements.

This is all that I know,

Ozan Caglayan
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