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| author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> | 2018-12-03 11:30:30 +1100 |
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| committer | Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com> | 2018-12-19 13:52:45 -0500 |
| commit | 5e16923b432bfe79fdfb7cd95ed8e63f6438b663 (patch) | |
| tree | 92c842d96a8cacdead34c4f260bd371077f06793 /kernel | |
| parent | ecd5f97e1c7cd6124e3c3053beb5f2239aeacf8e (diff) | |
| download | linux-5e16923b432bfe79fdfb7cd95ed8e63f6438b663.tar.bz2 | |
NFS/SUNRPC: don't lookup machine credential until rpcauth_bindcred().
When NFS creates a machine credential, it is a "generic" credential,
not tied to any auth protocol, and is really just a container for
the princpal name.
This doesn't get linked to a genuine credential until rpcauth_bindcred()
is called.
The lookup always succeeds, so various places that test if the machine
credential is NULL, are pointless.
As a step towards getting rid of generic credentials, this patch gets
rid of generic machine credentials. The nfs_client and rpc_client
just hold a pointer to a constant principal name.
When a machine credential is wanted, a special static 'struct rpc_cred'
pointer is used. rpcauth_bindcred() recognizes this, finds the
principal from the client, and binds the correct credential.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
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