struct hlist_node       cr_hash;        /* hash chain */
        struct rpc_auth *       cr_auth;
        const struct rpc_credops *cr_ops;
-       unsigned long           cr_expire;      /* when to gc */
-       atomic_t                cr_count;       /* ref count */
-       unsigned short          cr_flags;       /* various flags */
 #ifdef RPC_DEBUG
        unsigned long           cr_magic;       /* 0x0f4aa4f0 */
 #endif
+       unsigned long           cr_expire;      /* when to gc */
+       unsigned long           cr_flags;       /* various flags */
+       atomic_t                cr_count;       /* ref count */
 
        uid_t                   cr_uid;
 
        /* per-flavor data */
 };
-#define RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW       0x0001
-#define RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE  0x0002
+#define RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW       0
+#define RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE  1
 
 #define RPCAUTH_CRED_MAGIC     0x0f4aa4f0
 
 
        if (atomic_read(&cred->cr_count) != 1)
               return;
        if (time_after(jiffies, cred->cr_expire + auth->au_credcache->expire))
-               cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
-       if (!(cred->cr_flags & RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE)) {
+               clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
+       if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags) == 0) {
                __hlist_del(&cred->cr_hash);
                hlist_add_head(&cred->cr_hash, free);
        }
                if (!IS_ERR(new))
                        goto retry;
                cred = new;
-       } else if ((cred->cr_flags & RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW)
+       } else if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags)
                        && cred->cr_ops->cr_init != NULL
                        && !(flags & RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW)) {
                int res = cred->cr_ops->cr_init(auth, cred);
 void
 rpcauth_invalcred(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
+       struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_msg.rpc_cred;
+
        dprintk("RPC: %5u invalidating %s cred %p\n",
-               task->tk_pid, task->tk_auth->au_ops->au_name, task->tk_msg.rpc_cred);
-       spin_lock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
-       if (task->tk_msg.rpc_cred)
-               task->tk_msg.rpc_cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
-       spin_unlock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
+               task->tk_pid, task->tk_auth->au_ops->au_name, cred);
+       if (cred)
+               clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
 }
 
 int
 rpcauth_uptodatecred(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-       return !(task->tk_msg.rpc_cred) ||
-               (task->tk_msg.rpc_cred->cr_flags & RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE);
+       struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_msg.rpc_cred;
+
+       return cred == NULL ||
+               test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags) != 0;
 }
 
        write_lock(&gss_ctx_lock);
        old = gss_cred->gc_ctx;
        gss_cred->gc_ctx = ctx;
-       cred->cr_flags |= RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
-       cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW;
+       set_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
+       clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags);
        write_unlock(&gss_ctx_lock);
        if (old)
                gss_put_ctx(old);
        int res = 0;
 
        read_lock(&gss_ctx_lock);
-       if ((cred->cr_flags & RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE) && gss_cred->gc_ctx)
+       if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags) && gss_cred->gc_ctx)
                res = 1;
        read_unlock(&gss_ctx_lock);
        return res;
         * Note: in order to force a call to call_refresh(), we deliberately
         * fail to flag the credential as RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE.
         */
-       cred->gc_base.cr_flags = RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW;
+       cred->gc_base.cr_flags = 1UL << RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW;
        cred->gc_service = gss_auth->service;
        return &cred->gc_base;
 
         * we don't really care if the credential has expired or not,
         * since the caller should be prepared to reinitialise it.
         */
-       if ((flags & RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW) && (rc->cr_flags & RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW))
+       if ((flags & RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW) && test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &rc->cr_flags))
                goto out;
        /* Don't match with creds that have expired. */
        if (gss_cred->gc_ctx && time_after(jiffies, gss_cred->gc_ctx->gc_expiry))
        mic.data = (u8 *)(p + 1);
        maj_stat = gss_get_mic(ctx->gc_gss_ctx, &verf_buf, &mic);
        if (maj_stat == GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED) {
-               cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
+               clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
        } else if (maj_stat != 0) {
                printk("gss_marshal: gss_get_mic FAILED (%d)\n", maj_stat);
                goto out_put_ctx;
 
        maj_stat = gss_verify_mic(ctx->gc_gss_ctx, &verf_buf, &mic);
        if (maj_stat == GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED)
-               cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
+               clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
        if (maj_stat)
                goto out_bad;
        /* We leave it to unwrap to calculate au_rslack. For now we just
        maj_stat = gss_get_mic(ctx->gc_gss_ctx, &integ_buf, &mic);
        status = -EIO; /* XXX? */
        if (maj_stat == GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED)
-               cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
+               clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
        else if (maj_stat)
                return status;
        q = xdr_encode_opaque(p, NULL, mic.len);
        /* We're assuming that when GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED, the encryption was
         * done anyway, so it's safe to put the request on the wire: */
        if (maj_stat == GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED)
-               cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
+               clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
        else if (maj_stat)
                return status;
 
 
        maj_stat = gss_verify_mic(ctx->gc_gss_ctx, &integ_buf, &mic);
        if (maj_stat == GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED)
-               cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
+               clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
        if (maj_stat != GSS_S_COMPLETE)
                return status;
        return 0;
 
        maj_stat = gss_unwrap(ctx->gc_gss_ctx, offset, rcv_buf);
        if (maj_stat == GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED)
-               cred->cr_flags &= ~RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
+               clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
        if (maj_stat != GSS_S_COMPLETE)
                return status;
        if (ntohl(*(*p)++) != rqstp->rq_seqno)