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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/59] Introduce credentials
> We get a number of things:
>
> (1) Multiple credential changes all happen simultaneously (setresuid() for
> example). The new set of credentials is committed with a single RCU
> assignment.

Makes sense - except for the question of bounding memory utilisation.

> > I've never seen credentials of any kind showing in profiles so why do we
> > need this ?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by that. Are you talking abo

Sorry I was assuming this was performance driven in fact the reasons are
totally different.



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