1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index d3f0f944c0b5..2156327da45b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -264,13 +264,9 @@ retry:
 
         if (!cred) {
                 new = auth->au_ops->crcreate(auth, acred, flags);
-                if (!IS_ERR(new)) {
-#ifdef RPC_DEBUG
-                        new->cr_magic = RPCAUTH_CRED_MAGIC;
-#endif
+                if (!IS_ERR(new))
                         goto retry;
-                } else
-                        cred = new;
+                cred = new;
         } else if ((cred->cr_flags & RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW)
                         && cred->cr_ops->cr_init != NULL
                         && !(flags & RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW)) {
@@ -302,6 +298,22 @@ rpcauth_lookupcred(struct rpc_auth *auth, int flags)
         return ret;
 }
 
+void
+rpcauth_init_cred(struct rpc_cred *cred, const struct auth_cred *acred,
+                  struct rpc_auth *auth, const struct rpc_credops *ops)
+{
+        INIT_HLIST_NODE(&cred->cr_hash);
+        atomic_set(&cred->cr_count, 1);
+        cred->cr_auth = auth;
+        cred->cr_ops = ops;
+        cred->cr_expire = jiffies;
+#ifdef RPC_DEBUG
+        cred->cr_magic = RPCAUTH_CRED_MAGIC;
+#endif
+        cred->cr_uid = acred->uid;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpcauth_init_cred);
+
 struct rpc_cred *
 rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *task)
 {