linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 18/29] ovl: avoid pointless cred reference count bump

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Message-Id: <20241125-work-cred-v2-18-68b9d38bb5b2@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:10:14 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, 
 Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 18/29] ovl: avoid pointless cred reference count bump

security_inode_copy_up() allocates a set of new credentials and has
taken a reference count.

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

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 439bd9a5ceecc4d2f4dc5dfda7cea14c3d9411ba..3601ddfeddc2ec70764756905d528570ad1020e1 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ static int ovl_prep_cu_creds(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_cu_creds *cc)
 		return err;
 
 	if (cc->new)
-		cc->old = override_creds(get_new_cred(cc->new));
+		cc->old = override_creds(cc->new);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static int ovl_prep_cu_creds(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_cu_creds *cc)
 static void ovl_revert_cu_creds(struct ovl_cu_creds *cc)
 {
 	if (cc->new) {
-		put_cred(revert_creds(cc->old));
+		revert_creds(cc->old);
 		put_cred(cc->new);
 	}
 }

-- 
2.45.2