linux-kernel - [PATCH 24/26] cgroup: avoid pointless cred reference count bump

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Message-ID: <20241124-work-cred-v1-24-f352241c3970@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 14:44:10 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 24/26] cgroup: avoid pointless cred reference count bump

No need for the extra reference count bump.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 1a94e8b154beeed45d69056917f3dd9fc6d950fa..d9061bd55436b502e065b477a903ed682d722c2e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -5216,11 +5216,11 @@ static ssize_t __cgroup_procs_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 	 * permissions using the credentials from file open to protect against
 	 * inherited fd attacks.
 	 */
-	saved_cred = override_creds(get_new_cred(of->file->f_cred));
+	saved_cred = override_creds(of->file->f_cred);
 	ret = cgroup_attach_permissions(src_cgrp, dst_cgrp,
 					of->file->f_path.dentry->d_sb,
 					threadgroup, ctx->ns);
-	put_cred(revert_creds(saved_cred));
+	revert_creds(saved_cred);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_finish;
 

-- 
2.45.2