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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 =================================== |