CRED: Fix __task_cred()'s lockdep check and banner comment

Fix __task_cred()'s lockdep check by removing the following validation
condition:

	lockdep_tasklist_lock_is_held()

as commit_creds() does not take the tasklist_lock, and nor do most of the
functions that call it, so this check is pointless and it can prevent
detection of the RCU lock not being held if the tasklist_lock is held.

Instead, add the following validation condition:

	task->exit_state >= 0

to permit the access if the target task is dead and therefore unable to change
its own credentials.

Fix __task_cred()'s comment to:

 (1) discard the bit that says that the caller must prevent the target task
     from being deleted.  That shouldn't need saying.

 (2) Add a comment indicating the result of __task_cred() should not be passed
     directly to get_cred(), but rather than get_task_cred() should be used
     instead.

Also put a note into the documentation to enforce this point there too.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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David Howells 2010-07-29 12:45:55 +01:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit 8f92054e7c
3 changed files with 14 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ reference on them using:
This does all the RCU magic inside of it. The caller must call put_cred() on
the credentials so obtained when they're finished with.
[*] Note: The result of __task_cred() should not be passed directly to
get_cred() as this may race with commit_cred().
There are a couple of convenience functions to access bits of another task's
credentials, hiding the RCU magic from the caller: