From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] ovl: remove struct ovl_cu_creds and associated functions
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:45:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251114-work-ovl-cred-guard-copyup-v1-5-ea3fb15cf427@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251114-work-ovl-cred-guard-copyup-v1-0-ea3fb15cf427@kernel.org>
Now that we have this all ported to a cred guard remove the struct and
the associated helpers.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c | 28 ----------------------------
1 file changed, 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 2176903d4538..537295b17af8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -727,34 +727,6 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_metadata(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry *temp)
return err;
}
-struct ovl_cu_creds {
- const struct cred *old;
- struct cred *new;
-};
-
-static int __maybe_unused ovl_prep_cu_creds(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_cu_creds *cc)
-{
- int err;
-
- cc->old = cc->new = NULL;
- err = security_inode_copy_up(dentry, &cc->new);
- if (err < 0)
- return err;
-
- if (cc->new)
- cc->old = override_creds(cc->new);
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-static void __maybe_unused ovl_revert_cu_creds(struct ovl_cu_creds *cc)
-{
- if (cc->new) {
- revert_creds(cc->old);
- put_cred(cc->new);
- }
-}
-
static const struct cred *ovl_prepare_copy_up_creds(struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct cred *copy_up_cred = NULL;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-14 22:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-14 22:45 [PATCH 0/5] ovl: convert copyup credential override to cred guard Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 22:45 ` [PATCH 1/5] ovl: add copy up credential guard Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 22:45 ` [PATCH 2/5] ovl: port ovl_copy_up_workdir() to cred guard Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 22:45 ` [PATCH 3/5] ovl: mark *_cu_creds() as unused temporarily Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 22:45 ` [PATCH 4/5] ovl: port ovl_copy_up_tmpfile() to cred guard Christian Brauner
2025-11-14 22:45 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2025-11-15 8:26 ` [PATCH 0/5] ovl: convert copyup credential override " Amir Goldstein
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