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-rw-r--r--drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
index c1fbcdd161..c40217f44b 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
@@ -3672,6 +3672,8 @@ static int __init target_core_init_configfs(void)
{
struct configfs_subsystem *subsys = &target_core_fabrics;
struct t10_alua_lu_gp *lu_gp;
+ struct cred *kern_cred;
+ const struct cred *old_cred;
int ret;
pr_debug("TARGET_CORE[0]: Loading Generic Kernel Storage"
@@ -3748,11 +3750,21 @@ static int __init target_core_init_configfs(void)
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
+ /* We use the kernel credentials to access the target directory */
+ kern_cred = prepare_kernel_cred(&init_task);
+ if (!kern_cred) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ old_cred = override_creds(kern_cred);
target_init_dbroot();
+ revert_creds(old_cred);
+ put_cred(kern_cred);
return 0;
out:
+ target_xcopy_release_pt();
configfs_unregister_subsystem(subsys);
core_dev_release_virtual_lun0();
rd_module_exit();