Merge branch 'v2.6.35'

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index a2d5504fbcc2..60bc8b1e32e6 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -209,6 +209,31 @@ void exit_creds(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * get_task_cred - Get another task's objective credentials
+ * @task: The task to query
+ *
+ * Get the objective credentials of a task, pinning them so that they can't go
+ * away.  Accessing a task's credentials directly is not permitted.
+ *
+ * The caller must also make sure task doesn't get deleted, either by holding a
+ * ref on task or by holding tasklist_lock to prevent it from being unlinked.
+ */
+const struct cred *get_task_cred(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	const struct cred *cred;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	do {
+		cred = __task_cred((task));
+		BUG_ON(!cred);
+	} while (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&((struct cred *)cred)->usage));
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return cred;
+}
+
 /*
  * Allocate blank credentials, such that the credentials can be filled in at a
  * later date without risk of ENOMEM.
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 5d2d28197c82..6c562828c85c 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const char __user *, name_user,
 
 	/* Store the name of the last unloaded module for diagnostic purposes */
 	strlcpy(last_unloaded_module, mod->name, sizeof(last_unloaded_module));
-	ddebug_remove_module(mod->name);
 
 	free_module(mod);
 	return 0;
@@ -1550,6 +1549,9 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
 	remove_sect_attrs(mod);
 	mod_kobject_remove(mod);
 
+	/* Remove dynamic debug info */
+	ddebug_remove_module(mod->name);
+
 	/* Arch-specific cleanup. */
 	module_arch_cleanup(mod);