From 6efbb80490a545cfd9f87ebd9225879d8cdbed93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brauner Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:10:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] cred: remove unused get_new_cred() This helper is not used anymore so remove it. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241125-work-cred-v2-29-68b9d38bb5b2@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- Documentation/security/credentials.rst | 5 ----- include/linux/cred.h | 13 ------------- 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst index 357328d566c8..2aa0791bcefe 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst @@ -527,11 +527,6 @@ There are some functions to help manage credentials: This gets a reference on a live set of credentials, returning a pointer to that set of credentials. - - ``struct cred *get_new_cred(struct cred *cred);`` - - This gets a reference on a set of credentials that is under construction - and is thus still mutable, returning a pointer to that set of credentials. - Open File Credentials ===================== diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index a7df1c759ef0..360f5fd3854b 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -200,19 +200,6 @@ static inline struct cred *get_new_cred_many(struct cred *cred, int nr) return cred; } -/** - * get_new_cred - Get a reference on a new set of credentials - * @cred: The new credentials to reference - * - * Get a reference on the specified set of new credentials. The caller must - * release the reference. - */ -static inline struct cred *get_new_cred(const struct cred *cred) -{ - struct cred *nonconst_cred = (struct cred *) cred; - return get_new_cred_many(nonconst_cred, 1); -} - /** * get_cred_many - Get references on a set of credentials * @cred: The credentials to reference