current_real_cred(9)

💅 current_real_cred

okay so like, welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie — section 9, we're deep in kernel-land, and this page is short but it's iconic 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

current_real_cred — the way to access the current task's objective credentials. yes, objective. like, the real real. no cap. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

current_real_cred

that's it. that's the whole thing. no arguments, no flags, she just is. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So you wanna access the objective credentials of the current task? slay, this is literally the function for that. 🫶

It's RCU-safe, and the reason is kind of the best part: nobody else can modify it. like, nobody. so you don't have to worry about anyone messing with it while you're looking at it. main character energy, honestly — completely unbothered, unmodifiable. ✨

fr fr though, that RCU-safety is doing real work for you, so don't go thanking anyone else for it 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./include/linux/cred.h and the whole friend group:

• get_group_info(9)
• put_group_info(9)
• get_cred_many(9)
• put_cred_many(9)
• current_cred(9)
• __task_cred(9)
• get_current_cred(9)
• get_current_user(9)
• get_current_groups(9)

like, go read them, they're all part of the same little cred squad 🦋

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and objectively correct 💀✨

sign-off time: this one came from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's the current_real_cred(9) page in the Kernel API Manual. mwah 💋🌸