__put_cred(9)

💖 NAME 💖

__put_cred — Destroy a set of credentials

heyyy bestie, welcome to the __put_cred page from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one is short, sweet, and kinda giving cleanup-era main character energy ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __put_cred (struct cred *cred );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cred — the record to release 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so the whole job is literally this: destroy a set of credentials on which no references remain 💀

The no references remain part is the vibe check, bestie — do not gloss over it 👑 that’s the whole point of this function, no cap.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./kernel/cred.c 📁
• get_task_cred(9)
• prepare_creds(9)
• commit_creds(9)
• abort_creds(9)
• cred_fscmp(9)
• prepare_kernel_cred(9)
• set_security_override(9)
• set_create_files_as(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 💋 — source/version: ./kernel; date stamp: October 2026 🌸