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authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2008-04-29 12:01:24 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-29 19:06:16 +0400
commit4a38e122e2cc6294779021ff4ccc784a3997059e (patch)
tree84b401b44e0550b04f831d98a91eacfd7cffb51d /Documentation
parentdceba9944181b1fd5993417b5c8fa0e3dda38f8d (diff)
downloadlinux-4a38e122e2cc6294779021ff4ccc784a3997059e.tar.xz
keys: allow the callout data to be passed as a blob rather than a string
Allow the callout data to be passed as a blob rather than a string for internal kernel services that call any request_key_*() interface other than request_key(). request_key() itself still takes a NUL-terminated string. The functions that change are: request_key_with_auxdata() request_key_async() request_key_async_with_auxdata() Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Kevin Coffman <kwc@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/keys-request-key.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/keys.txt14
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt b/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt
index 266955d23ee6..09b55e461740 100644
--- a/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt
+++ b/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt
@@ -11,26 +11,29 @@ request_key*():
struct key *request_key(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string);
+ const char *callout_info);
or:
struct key *request_key_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string,
+ const char *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
or:
struct key *request_key_async(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string);
+ const char *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len);
or:
struct key *request_key_async_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string,
+ const char *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
Or by userspace invoking the request_key system call:
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt
index 51652d39e61c..b82d38de8b89 100644
--- a/Documentation/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/keys.txt
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ payload contents" for more information.
struct key *request_key(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string);
+ const char *callout_info);
This is used to request a key or keyring with a description that matches
the description specified according to the key type's match function. This
@@ -793,24 +793,28 @@ payload contents" for more information.
struct key *request_key_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string,
+ const void *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
This is identical to request_key(), except that the auxiliary data is
- passed to the key_type->request_key() op if it exists.
+ passed to the key_type->request_key() op if it exists, and the callout_info
+ is a blob of length callout_len, if given (the length may be 0).
(*) A key can be requested asynchronously by calling one of:
struct key *request_key_async(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string);
+ const void *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len);
or:
struct key *request_key_async_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string,
+ const char *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
which are asynchronous equivalents of request_key() and