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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-04-27 09:26:46 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-04-27 09:26:46 -0700 |
| commit | 15c54033964a943de7b0763efd3bd0ede7326395 (patch) | |
| tree | 840b292612d1b5396d5bab5bde537a9013db3ceb /Documentation/keys.txt | |
| parent | ad5da3cf39a5b11a198929be1f2644e17ecd767e (diff) | |
| parent | 912a41a4ab935ce8c4308428ec13fc7f8b1f18f4 (diff) | |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (448 commits)
[IPV4] nl_fib_lookup: Initialise res.r before fib_res_put(&res)
[IPV6]: Fix thinko in ipv6_rthdr_rcv() changes.
[IPV4]: Add multipath cached to feature-removal-schedule.txt
[WIRELESS] cfg80211: Clarify locking comment.
[WIRELESS] cfg80211: Fix locking in wiphy_new.
[WEXT] net_device: Don't include wext bits if not required.
[WEXT]: Misc code cleanups.
[WEXT]: Reduce inline abuse.
[WEXT]: Move EXPORT_SYMBOL statements where they belong.
[WEXT]: Cleanup early ioctl call path.
[WEXT]: Remove options.
[WEXT]: Remove dead debug code.
[WEXT]: Clean up how wext is called.
[WEXT]: Move to net/wireless
[AFS]: Eliminate cmpxchg() usage in vlocation code.
[RXRPC]: Fix pointers passed to bitops.
[RXRPC]: Remove bogus atomic_* overrides.
[AFS]: Fix u64 printing in debug logging.
[AFS]: Add "directory write" support.
[AFS]: Implement the CB.InitCallBackState3 operation.
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/keys.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/keys.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt index 60c665d9cfa..81d9aa09729 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/keys.txt @@ -859,6 +859,18 @@ payload contents" for more information. void unregister_key_type(struct key_type *type); +Under some circumstances, it may be desirable to desirable to deal with a +bundle of keys. The facility provides access to the keyring type for managing +such a bundle: + + struct key_type key_type_keyring; + +This can be used with a function such as request_key() to find a specific +keyring in a process's keyrings. A keyring thus found can then be searched +with keyring_search(). Note that it is not possible to use request_key() to +search a specific keyring, so using keyrings in this way is of limited utility. + + =================================== NOTES ON ACCESSING PAYLOAD CONTENTS =================================== |