[patch] (resend) credentials for 2.5.23

From: Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Date: Wed Jun 19 2002 - 20:29:09 EST


This message didn't seem to get through the first time, so here it is
again. The patch is available for review at:

        http://www.kvack.org/~blah/v2.5.23-cred.diff

Several parts of the kernel need to obtain a reference to the
credentials of a process: aio, nfs, dirty mmap writebacks to
name a few. Additionally, POSIX threads need to be able to share
credentials between clones. The patch below moves the credentials
out of task_struct and into struct cred, which is reference
counted. It also adds support for CLONE_CRED which shares the
credentials between threads. Comments?

                -ben

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