Re: [GIT PULL] overlayfs updates for 6.13

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 at 22:14, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 10:09:04PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> >  (a) add a new "dup_cred()" helper
> >
> >     /* Get the cred without clearing the 'non_rcu' flag */
> >     const struct cred *dup_cred(const struct cred *cred)
> >     { get_new_cred((struct cred *)cred); return cred; }
>
> Umm...  Something like hold_cred() might be better - dup usually
> implies copying an object...

Ack. "dup" is clearly a horrible name, and I'm ashamed and properly chastised.

               Linus