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cred: remove old {override,revert}_creds() helpers

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They are now unused.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241125-work-cred-v2-4-68b9d38bb5b2@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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Christian Brauner 2024-11-25 15:10:00 +01:00
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include/linux/cred.h
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@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ extern struct cred *prepare_creds(void);
extern struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void);
extern int commit_creds(struct cred *);
extern void abort_creds(struct cred *);
extern const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *);
extern void revert_creds(const struct cred *);
extern struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *);
extern int set_security_override(struct cred *, u32);
extern int set_security_override_from_ctx(struct cred *, const char *);
@ -172,11 +170,6 @@ static inline bool cap_ambient_invariant_ok(const struct cred *cred)
cred->cap_inheritable));
}
/*
* Override creds without bumping reference count. Caller must ensure
* reference remains valid or has taken reference. Almost always not the
* interface you want. Use override_creds()/revert_creds() instead.
*/
static inline const struct cred *override_creds_light(const struct cred *override_cred)
{
const struct cred *old = current->cred;

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kernel/cred.c
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@ -476,56 +476,6 @@ void abort_creds(struct cred *new)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(abort_creds);
/**
* override_creds - Override the current process's subjective credentials
* @new: The credentials to be assigned
*
* Install a set of temporary override subjective credentials on the current
* process, returning the old set for later reversion.
*/
const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *new)
{
const struct cred *old;
kdebug("override_creds(%p{%ld})", new,
atomic_long_read(&new->usage));
/*
* NOTE! This uses 'get_new_cred()' rather than 'get_cred()'.
*
* That means that we do not clear the 'non_rcu' flag, since
* we are only installing the cred into the thread-synchronous
* '->cred' pointer, not the '->real_cred' pointer that is
* visible to other threads under RCU.
*/
get_new_cred((struct cred *)new);
old = override_creds_light(new);
kdebug("override_creds() = %p{%ld}", old,
atomic_long_read(&old->usage));
return old;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(override_creds);
/**
* revert_creds - Revert a temporary subjective credentials override
* @old: The credentials to be restored
*
* Revert a temporary set of override subjective credentials to an old set,
* discarding the override set.
*/
void revert_creds(const struct cred *old)
{
const struct cred *override = current->cred;
kdebug("revert_creds(%p{%ld})", old,
atomic_long_read(&old->usage));
revert_creds_light(old);
put_cred(override);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(revert_creds);
/**
* cred_fscmp - Compare two credentials with respect to filesystem access.
* @a: The first credential