No need to copy kernel credentials. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251031-work-creds-init_cred-v1-4-cbf0400d6e0e@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- drivers/block/nbd.c | 17 ++--------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c index a853c65ac65d..1f0d89e21ec8 100644 --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c @@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ static DEFINE_IDR(nbd_index_idr); static DEFINE_MUTEX(nbd_index_mutex); static struct workqueue_struct *nbd_del_wq; -static struct cred *nbd_cred; static int nbd_total_devices = 0; struct nbd_sock { @@ -555,7 +554,6 @@ static int __sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct socket *sock, int send, int result; struct msghdr msg = {} ; unsigned int noreclaim_flag; - const struct cred *old_cred; if (unlikely(!sock)) { dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), @@ -564,10 +562,10 @@ static int __sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct socket *sock, int send, return -EINVAL; } - old_cred = override_creds(nbd_cred); - msg.msg_iter = *iter; + with_kernel_creds(); + noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save(); do { sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_MEMALLOC; @@ -590,8 +588,6 @@ static int __sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct socket *sock, int send, memalloc_noreclaim_restore(noreclaim_flag); - revert_creds(old_cred); - return result; } @@ -2683,15 +2679,7 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void) return -ENOMEM; } - nbd_cred = prepare_kernel_cred(&init_task); - if (!nbd_cred) { - destroy_workqueue(nbd_del_wq); - unregister_blkdev(NBD_MAJOR, "nbd"); - return -ENOMEM; - } - if (genl_register_family(&nbd_genl_family)) { - put_cred(nbd_cred); destroy_workqueue(nbd_del_wq); unregister_blkdev(NBD_MAJOR, "nbd"); return -EINVAL; @@ -2746,7 +2734,6 @@ static void __exit nbd_cleanup(void) /* Also wait for nbd_dev_remove_work() completes */ destroy_workqueue(nbd_del_wq); - put_cred(nbd_cred); idr_destroy(&nbd_index_idr); unregister_blkdev(NBD_MAJOR, "nbd"); } -- 2.47.3