[PATCH v3 06/34] lsm: integrate lsm_early_cred() and lsm_early_task() into caller

John Johansen john.johansen at canonical.com
Tue Sep 2 16:55:38 UTC 2025


On 8/14/25 15:50, Paul Moore wrote:
> With only one caller of lsm_early_cred() and lsm_early_task(), insert
> the functions' code directly into the caller and ger rid of the two
> functions.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johansen at canonical.com>

> ---
>   security/lsm_init.c | 35 +++++------------------------------
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/lsm_init.c b/security/lsm_init.c
> index 09afa7ad719e..a8b82329c76a 100644
> --- a/security/lsm_init.c
> +++ b/security/lsm_init.c
> @@ -291,34 +291,6 @@ static void __init ordered_lsm_parse(const char *order, const char *origin)
>   	kfree(sep);
>   }
>   
> -/**
> - * lsm_early_cred - during initialization allocate a composite cred blob
> - * @cred: the cred that needs a blob
> - *
> - * Allocate the cred blob for all the modules
> - */
> -static void __init lsm_early_cred(struct cred *cred)
> -{
> -	int rc = lsm_cred_alloc(cred, GFP_KERNEL);
> -
> -	if (rc)
> -		panic("%s: Early cred alloc failed.\n", __func__);
> -}
> -
> -/**
> - * lsm_early_task - during initialization allocate a composite task blob
> - * @task: the task that needs a blob
> - *
> - * Allocate the task blob for all the modules
> - */
> -static void __init lsm_early_task(struct task_struct *task)
> -{
> -	int rc = lsm_task_alloc(task);
> -
> -	if (rc)
> -		panic("%s: Early task alloc failed.\n", __func__);
> -}
> -
>   static void __init ordered_lsm_init(void)
>   {
>   	unsigned int first = 0;
> @@ -382,8 +354,11 @@ static void __init ordered_lsm_init(void)
>   						    blob_sizes.lbs_inode, 0,
>   						    SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
>   
> -	lsm_early_cred((struct cred *) current->cred);
> -	lsm_early_task(current);
> +	if (lsm_cred_alloc((struct cred *)current->cred, GFP_KERNEL))
> +		panic("%s: early cred alloc failed.\n", __func__);
> +	if (lsm_task_alloc(current))
> +		panic("%s: early task alloc failed.\n", __func__);
> +
>   	lsm_order_for_each(lsm) {
>   		initialize_lsm(*lsm);
>   	}




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