[AF_RXRPC]: Key facility changes for AF_RXRPC
Export the keyring key type definition and document its availability. Add alternative types into the key's type_data union to make it more useful. Not all users necessarily want to use it as a list_head (AF_RXRPC doesn't, for example), so make it clear that it can be used in other ways. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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void unregister_key_type(struct key_type *type);
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Under some circumstances, it may be desirable to desirable to deal with a
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bundle of keys. The facility provides access to the keyring type for managing
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such a bundle:
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struct key_type key_type_keyring;
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This can be used with a function such as request_key() to find a specific
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keyring in a process's keyrings. A keyring thus found can then be searched
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with keyring_search(). Note that it is not possible to use request_key() to
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search a specific keyring, so using keyrings in this way is of limited utility.
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===================================
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NOTES ON ACCESSING PAYLOAD CONTENTS
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===================================
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*/
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union {
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struct list_head link;
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unsigned long x[2];
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void *p[2];
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} type_data;
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/* key data
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.read = keyring_read,
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};
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(key_type_keyring);
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/*
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* semaphore to serialise link/link calls to prevent two link calls in parallel
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* introducing a cycle
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