Re: [PATCH 11/59] CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in videoinput drivers

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Fri Aug 29 2008 - 18:33:31 EST


On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:39 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wrap access to task credentials so that they can be separated more easily from
> the task_struct during the introduction of COW creds.
>
> Change most current->(|e|s|fs)[ug]id to current_(|e|s|fs)[ug]id().
>
> Change some task->e?[ug]id to task_e?[ug]id(). In some places it makes more
> sense to use RCU directly rather than a convenient wrapper; these will be
> addressed by later patches.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'll add it on my tree and keep it for linux-next.

Cheers,
Mauro
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