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+/*****************************************************************************\
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Regents of the University of California.
+ * Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
+ * Written by Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>.
+ * UCRL-CODE-235197
+ *
+ * This file is part of the SPL, Solaris Porting Layer.
+ * For details, see <http://zfsonlinux.org/>.
+ *
+ * The SPL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * The SPL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with the SPL. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+\*****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _SPL_CRED_H
+#define _SPL_CRED_H
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/vfs.h>
+
+typedef struct cred cred_t;
+
+#define kcred ((cred_t *)(init_task.cred))
+#define CRED() ((cred_t *)current_cred())
+
+/* Linux 4.9 API change, GROUP_AT was removed */
+#ifndef GROUP_AT
+#define GROUP_AT(gi, i) ((gi)->gid[i])
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_KUIDGID_T
+
+/*
+ * Linux 3.8+ uses typedefs to redefine uid_t and gid_t. We have to rename the
+ * typedefs to recover the original types. We then can use them provided that
+ * we are careful about translating from k{g,u}id_t to the original versions
+ * and vice versa.
+ */
+#define uid_t xuid_t
+#define gid_t xgid_t
+#include <linux/uidgid.h>
+#undef uid_t
+#undef gid_t
+
+#define KUID_TO_SUID(x) (__kuid_val(x))
+#define KGID_TO_SGID(x) (__kgid_val(x))
+#define SUID_TO_KUID(x) (KUIDT_INIT(x))
+#define SGID_TO_KGID(x) (KGIDT_INIT(x))
+#define KGIDP_TO_SGIDP(x) (&(x)->val)
+
+#else /* HAVE_KUIDGID_T */
+
+#define KUID_TO_SUID(x) (x)
+#define KGID_TO_SGID(x) (x)
+#define SUID_TO_KUID(x) (x)
+#define SGID_TO_KGID(x) (x)
+#define KGIDP_TO_SGIDP(x) (x)
+
+#endif /* HAVE_KUIDGID_T */
+
+extern void crhold(cred_t *cr);
+extern void crfree(cred_t *cr);
+extern uid_t crgetuid(const cred_t *cr);
+extern uid_t crgetruid(const cred_t *cr);
+extern uid_t crgetsuid(const cred_t *cr);
+extern uid_t crgetfsuid(const cred_t *cr);
+extern gid_t crgetgid(const cred_t *cr);
+extern gid_t crgetrgid(const cred_t *cr);
+extern gid_t crgetsgid(const cred_t *cr);
+extern gid_t crgetfsgid(const cred_t *cr);
+extern int crgetngroups(const cred_t *cr);
+extern gid_t * crgetgroups(const cred_t *cr);
+extern int groupmember(gid_t gid, const cred_t *cr);
+
+#endif /* _SPL_CRED_H */