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Storing the 'struct cred *' in nfs_access_entry is problematic. An active 'cred' can keep a 'struct key *' active, and a quota is imposed on the number of such keys that a user can maintain. Cached 'nfs_access_entry' structs have indefinite lifetime, and having these keep 'struct key's alive imposes on that quota. So a future patch will remove the ->cred ref from nfs_access_entry. To prepare, change various functions to not assume there is a 'cred' in the nfs_access_entry, but to pass the cred around explicitly. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.