#define __uidhashfn(uid) (((uid >> UIDHASH_BITS) + uid) & UIDHASH_MASK)
#define uidhashentry(uid) (uidhash_table + __uidhashfn((uid)))
-static kmem_cache_t *uid_cachep;
+static struct kmem_cache *uid_cachep;
static struct list_head uidhash_table[UIDHASH_SZ];
/*
if (!up) {
struct user_struct *new;
- new = kmem_cache_alloc(uid_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+ new = kmem_cache_alloc(uid_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!new)
return NULL;
new->uid = uid;
atomic_dec(&old_user->processes);
switch_uid_keyring(new_user);
current->user = new_user;
+
+ /*
+ * We need to synchronize with __sigqueue_alloc()
+ * doing a get_uid(p->user).. If that saw the old
+ * user value, we need to wait until it has exited
+ * its critical region before we can free the old
+ * structure.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+ spin_unlock_wait(¤t->sighand->siglock);
+
free_uid(old_user);
suid_keys(current);
}