From 4c7ceeb62d3330b6fb2b549ae833a92c0f481f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brauner Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 00:12:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] cred: add kernel_cred() helper Access kernel creds based off of init_task. This will let us avoid any direct access to init_cred. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-work-creds-init_cred-v1-2-cb3ec8711a6a@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- include/linux/cred.h | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index 89ae50ad2acea..8ab3718184adf 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ struct cred; struct inode; +extern struct task_struct init_task; + /* * COW Supplementary groups list */ @@ -156,6 +158,11 @@ extern struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void); extern int commit_creds(struct cred *); extern void abort_creds(struct cred *); extern struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *); +static inline const struct cred *kernel_cred(void) +{ + /* shut up sparse */ + return rcu_dereference_raw(init_task.cred); +} extern int set_security_override(struct cred *, u32); extern int set_security_override_from_ctx(struct cred *, const char *); extern int set_create_files_as(struct cred *, struct inode *); -- 2.47.3