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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/keys.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
include/linux/key.h | 2 ++
security/keys/keyring.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt
index 60c665d..81d9aa0 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
===================================
diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h
index 169f05e..a9220e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/key.h
+++ b/include/linux/key.h
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ struct key {
*/
union {
struct list_head link;
+ unsigned long x[2];
+ void *p[2];
} type_data;
/* key data
diff --git a/security/keys/keyring.c b/security/keys/keyring.c
index ad45ce7..88292e3 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyring.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyring.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ struct key_type key_type_keyring = {
.read = keyring_read,
};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(key_type_keyring);
+
/*
* semaphore to serialise link/link calls to prevent two link calls in parallel
* introducing a cycle
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