Re: [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - implement keyring support

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Hi Ondrej,

> This patch adds new socket options to AF_ALG that allow setting key from
> kernel keyring. For simplicity, each keyring key type (logon, user,
> trusted, encrypted) has its own socket option name and the value is just
> the key description string that identifies the key to be used. The key
> description doesn't need to be NULL-terminated, but bytes after the
> first zero byte are ignored.

why use the description instead the actual key id? I wonder if a single socket option and a struct providing the key type and key id might be more useful.

Regards

Marcel




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