Technical Reference: Kernel and Subsystems, Volume 1

crhold Kernel Service

Increments the reference count for a credentials structure.

#include <sys/cred.h>

void crhold ( cr) struct ucred * cr;

cr	Pointer to the credentials structure that will have its reference count incremented.

The crhold kernel service increments the reference count of a credentials structure.

Note

Reference counts that are incremented with the crhold kernel service must be decremented with the crfree kernel service.

The crhold kernel service can be called from the process environment only.

No value is returned by this kernel service.

Security Kernel Services in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.