1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 3fa82b353c98..5932ace22400 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1247,7 +1247,9 @@ struct task_struct {
                                          * credentials (COW) */
         const struct cred *cred;        /* effective (overridable) subjective task
                                          * credentials (COW) */
-        struct mutex cred_exec_mutex;   /* execve vs ptrace cred calculation mutex */
+        struct mutex cred_guard_mutex;  /* guard against foreign influences on
+                                         * credential calculations
+                                         * (notably. ptrace) */
 
         char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; /* executable name excluding path
                                      - access with [gs]et_task_comm (which lock