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| @@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ reference on them using: | |||
| 417 | This does all the RCU magic inside of it. The caller must call put_cred() on | 417 | This does all the RCU magic inside of it. The caller must call put_cred() on |
| 418 | the credentials so obtained when they're finished with. | 418 | the credentials so obtained when they're finished with. |
| 419 | 419 | ||
| 420 | [*] Note: The result of __task_cred() should not be passed directly to | ||
| 421 | get_cred() as this may race with commit_cred(). | ||
| 422 | |||
| 420 | There are a couple of convenience functions to access bits of another task's | 423 | There are a couple of convenience functions to access bits of another task's |
| 421 | credentials, hiding the RCU magic from the caller: | 424 | credentials, hiding the RCU magic from the caller: |
| 422 | 425 | ||