From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 14:57:27 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: cred: add prepare credential guard
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cred: add prepare credential guard

A lot of code uses the following pattern:

* prepare new credentials
* modify them for their use-case
* drop them

Support that easier with the new guard infrastructure.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-work-creds-guards-prepare_creds-v1-1-b447b82f2c9b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index 6ea2d81a740b3..343a140a6ba25 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *cred)
 	put_cred_many(cred, 1);
 }
 
+DEFINE_CLASS(prepare_creds,
+	      struct cred *,
+	      if (_T) put_cred(_T),
+	      prepare_creds(), void)
+
 DEFINE_FREE(put_cred, struct cred *, if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(_T)) put_cred(_T))
 
 /**