From 16feef4340172b7dbb9cba60850e78fa6388adf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:35:15 +0100 Subject: KEYS: Consolidate the concept of an 'index key' for key access Consolidate the concept of an 'index key' for accessing keys. The index key is the search term needed to find a key directly - basically the key type and the key description. We can add to that the description length. This will be useful when turning a keyring into an associative array rather than just a pointer block. Signed-off-by: David Howells --- include/linux/key.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h index 51bce2950de4..d573e820a23d 100644 --- a/include/linux/key.h +++ b/include/linux/key.h @@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ struct key_owner; struct keyring_list; struct keyring_name; +struct keyring_index_key { + struct key_type *type; + const char *description; + size_t desc_len; +}; + /*****************************************************************************/ /* * key reference with possession attribute handling @@ -129,7 +135,6 @@ struct key { struct list_head graveyard_link; struct rb_node serial_node; }; - struct key_type *type; /* type of key */ struct rw_semaphore sem; /* change vs change sem */ struct key_user *user; /* owner of this key */ void *security; /* security data for this key */ @@ -163,12 +168,18 @@ struct key { #define KEY_FLAG_ROOT_CAN_CLEAR 6 /* set if key can be cleared by root without permission */ #define KEY_FLAG_INVALIDATED 7 /* set if key has been invalidated */ - /* the description string - * - this is used to match a key against search criteria - * - this should be a printable string + /* the key type and key description string + * - the desc is used to match a key against search criteria + * - it should be a printable string * - eg: for krb5 AFS, this might be "afs@REDHAT.COM" */ - char *description; + union { + struct keyring_index_key index_key; + struct { + struct key_type *type; /* type of key */ + char *description; + }; + }; /* type specific data * - this is used by the keyring type to index the name -- cgit v1.2.3