linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 28/29] nfsd: avoid pointless cred reference count bump

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Message-Id: <20241125-work-cred-v2-28-68b9d38bb5b2@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:10:24 +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 28/29] nfsd: avoid pointless cred reference count bump

The code already got rid of the extra reference count from the old
version of override_creds().

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 fs/nfsd/auth.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/auth.c b/fs/nfsd/auth.c
index c399a5f030afbde6ad7bc9cf28f1e354d74db9a8..4dc327e024567107ac8b08828559c741e0bc89d6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/auth.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/auth.c
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ int nfsd_setuser(struct svc_cred *cred, struct svc_export *exp)
 	else
 		new->cap_effective = cap_raise_nfsd_set(new->cap_effective,
 							new->cap_permitted);
-	put_cred(override_creds(get_new_cred(new)));
-	put_cred(new);
+	put_cred(override_creds(new));
 	return 0;
 
 oom:

-- 
2.45.2