linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 10/42] get rid of cred argument of vfs_open() and do_dentry

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Date:   Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:21:34 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 10/42] get rid of cred argument of vfs_open() and do_dentry_open()

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

always equal to ->f_cred

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/internal.h |  2 +-
 fs/namei.c    |  4 ++--
 fs/open.c     | 15 ++++++---------
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 66473bf388e4..ab84a29f4874 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int do_fchownat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, uid_t user, gid_t group,
 		int flag);
 
 extern int open_check_o_direct(struct file *f);
-extern int vfs_open(const struct path *, struct file *, const struct cred *);
+extern int vfs_open(const struct path *, struct file *);
 
 /*
  * inode.c
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index af2ec1803f57..7b1fe5e30a0d 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3396,7 +3396,7 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd,
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	BUG_ON(*opened & FILE_OPENED); /* once it's opened, it's opened */
-	error = vfs_open(&nd->path, file, current_cred());
+	error = vfs_open(&nd->path, file);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	*opened |= FILE_OPENED;
@@ -3499,7 +3499,7 @@ static int do_o_path(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags, struct file *file)
 	int error = path_lookupat(nd, flags, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		audit_inode(nd->name, path.dentry, 0);
-		error = vfs_open(&path, file, current_cred());
+		error = vfs_open(&path, file);
 		path_put(&path);
 	}
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index c0dbc67c31f1..c8fd5126c50e 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -736,8 +736,7 @@ int open_check_o_direct(struct file *f)
 
 static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
 			  struct inode *inode,
-			  int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *),
-			  const struct cred *cred)
+			  int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *))
 {
 	static const struct file_operations empty_fops = {};
 	int error;
@@ -780,7 +779,7 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
 		goto cleanup_all;
 	}
 
-	error = security_file_open(f, cred);
+	error = security_file_open(f, f->f_cred);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup_all;
 
@@ -858,8 +857,7 @@ int finish_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
 	BUG_ON(*opened & FILE_OPENED); /* once it's opened, it's opened */
 
 	file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
-	error = do_dentry_open(file, d_backing_inode(dentry), open,
-			       current_cred());
+	error = do_dentry_open(file, d_backing_inode(dentry), open);
 	if (!error)
 		*opened |= FILE_OPENED;
 
@@ -900,8 +898,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_path);
  * @file: newly allocated file with f_flag initialized
  * @cred: credentials to use
  */
-int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *file,
-	     const struct cred *cred)
+int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = d_real(path->dentry, NULL, file->f_flags, 0);
 
@@ -909,7 +906,7 @@ int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *file,
 		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 
 	file->f_path = *path;
-	return do_dentry_open(file, d_backing_inode(dentry), NULL, cred);
+	return do_dentry_open(file, d_backing_inode(dentry), NULL);
 }
 
 struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
@@ -926,7 +923,7 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 	f = alloc_empty_file(cred);
 	if (!IS_ERR(f)) {
 		f->f_flags = flags;
-		error = vfs_open(path, f, cred);
+		error = vfs_open(path, f);
 		if (!error) {
 			/* from now on we need fput() to dispose of f */
 			error = open_check_o_direct(f);
-- 
2.11.0