3 files changed, 21 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index d80f01725fc..d8968faf5cc 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -444,16 +444,16 @@ rpcauth_init_cred(struct rpc_cred *cred, const struct auth_cred *acred,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpcauth_init_cred);
 
-void
+struct rpc_cred *
 rpcauth_generic_bind_cred(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_cred *cred, int lookupflags)
 {
-        task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = get_rpccred(cred);
         dprintk("RPC: %5u holding %s cred %p\n", task->tk_pid,
                         cred->cr_auth->au_ops->au_name, cred);
+        return get_rpccred(cred);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpcauth_generic_bind_cred);
 
-static void
+static struct rpc_cred *
 rpcauth_bind_root_cred(struct rpc_task *task, int lookupflags)
 {
         struct rpc_auth *auth = task->tk_client->cl_auth;
@@ -461,45 +461,42 @@ rpcauth_bind_root_cred(struct rpc_task *task, int lookupflags)
                 .uid = 0,
                 .gid = 0,
         };
-        struct rpc_cred *ret;
 
         dprintk("RPC: %5u looking up %s cred\n",
                 task->tk_pid, task->tk_client->cl_auth->au_ops->au_name);
-        ret = auth->au_ops->lookup_cred(auth, &acred, lookupflags);
-        if (!IS_ERR(ret))
-                task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = ret;
-        else
-                task->tk_status = PTR_ERR(ret);
+        return auth->au_ops->lookup_cred(auth, &acred, lookupflags);
 }
 
-static void
+static struct rpc_cred *
 rpcauth_bind_new_cred(struct rpc_task *task, int lookupflags)
 {
         struct rpc_auth *auth = task->tk_client->cl_auth;
-        struct rpc_cred *ret;
 
         dprintk("RPC: %5u looking up %s cred\n",
                 task->tk_pid, auth->au_ops->au_name);
-        ret = rpcauth_lookupcred(auth, lookupflags);
-        if (!IS_ERR(ret))
-                task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = ret;
-        else
-                task->tk_status = PTR_ERR(ret);
+        return rpcauth_lookupcred(auth, lookupflags);
 }
 
-void
+int
 rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_cred *cred, int flags)
 {
+        struct rpc_cred *new;
         int lookupflags = 0;
 
         if (flags & RPC_TASK_ASYNC)
                 lookupflags |= RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW;
         if (cred != NULL)
-                cred->cr_ops->crbind(task, cred, lookupflags);
+                new = cred->cr_ops->crbind(task, cred, lookupflags);
         else if (flags & RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS)
-                rpcauth_bind_root_cred(task, lookupflags);
+                new = rpcauth_bind_root_cred(task, lookupflags);
         else
-                rpcauth_bind_new_cred(task, lookupflags);
+                new = rpcauth_bind_new_cred(task, lookupflags);
+        if (IS_ERR(new))
+                return PTR_ERR(new);
+        if (task->tk_msg.rpc_cred != NULL)
+                put_rpccred(task->tk_msg.rpc_cred);
+        task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = new;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
index 8bae33b36cc..43162bb3b78 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
@@ -54,18 +54,13 @@ struct rpc_cred *rpc_lookup_machine_cred(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_lookup_machine_cred);
 
-static void
-generic_bind_cred(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_cred *cred, int lookupflags)
+static struct rpc_cred *generic_bind_cred(struct rpc_task *task,
+                struct rpc_cred *cred, int lookupflags)
 {
         struct rpc_auth *auth = task->tk_client->cl_auth;
         struct auth_cred *acred = &container_of(cred, struct generic_cred, gc_base)->acred;
-        struct rpc_cred *ret;
 
-        ret = auth->au_ops->lookup_cred(auth, acred, lookupflags);
-        if (!IS_ERR(ret))
-                task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = ret;
-        else
-                task->tk_status = PTR_ERR(ret);
+        return auth->au_ops->lookup_cred(auth, acred, lookupflags);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 3647c81fd68..f34b5e3823c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ rpc_task_set_rpc_message(struct rpc_task *task, const struct rpc_message *msg)
                 task->tk_msg.rpc_argp = msg->rpc_argp;
                 task->tk_msg.rpc_resp = msg->rpc_resp;
                 /* Bind the user cred */
-                rpcauth_bindcred(task, msg->rpc_cred, task->tk_flags);
+                task->tk_status = rpcauth_bindcred(task, msg->rpc_cred, task->tk_flags);
         }
 }