netdev - [PATCH 02/16] aio: use credential guards

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Message-Id: <20251103-work-creds-guards-simple-v1-2-a3e156839e7f@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:26:50 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, 
 cgroups@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 02/16] aio: use credential guards

Use credential guards for scoped credential override with automatic
restoration on scope exit.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 fs/aio.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 5bc133386407..0a23a8c0717f 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1640,10 +1640,10 @@ static int aio_write(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 static void aio_fsync_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct aio_kiocb *iocb = container_of(work, struct aio_kiocb, fsync.work);
-	const struct cred *old_cred = override_creds(iocb->fsync.creds);
 
-	iocb->ki_res.res = vfs_fsync(iocb->fsync.file, iocb->fsync.datasync);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	scoped_with_creds(iocb->fsync.creds)
+		iocb->ki_res.res = vfs_fsync(iocb->fsync.file, iocb->fsync.datasync);
+
 	put_cred(iocb->fsync.creds);
 	iocb_put(iocb);
 }

-- 
2.47.3