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charset="utf-8" The task_euid() method is a very weird method, and Binder was the only user. As of commit 65b672152289 ("binder: use current_euid() for transaction sender identity") Binder doesn't use task_euid() anymore, so we can delete this method. My suggestion would be to merge this through the LSM tree. Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl --- Changes in v4: - Reword 'euid' -> 'effective UID' in 'Kuid::current_euid()' docs. - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260507-remove-task-euid-v3-0-27f22f335c2c@google.com Changes in v3: - Include 'task' clarification commit in series. - Rebase and resend. - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227-remove-task-euid-v2-1-9a9c80a82eb6@google.com Changes in v2: - Update translation as per Alex Shi. - Pick up Reviewed-by Gary. - Update commit title to use cred: prefix. - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260219-remove-task-euid-v1-1-904060826e07@google.com --- Alice Ryhl (1): cred: delete task_euid() Jann Horn (1): rust: task: clarify comments on task UID accessors Documentation/security/credentials.rst | 6 ++---- Documentation/translations/zh_CN/security/credentials.rst | 4 +--- include/linux/cred.h | 1 - rust/helpers/task.c | 5 ----- rust/kernel/task.rs | 11 ++--------- 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 7fd2df204f342fc17d1a0bfcd474b24232fb0f32 change-id: 20260219-remove-task-euid-19e4b00beebe Best regards, -- Alice Ryhl