On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:39:16AM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > During review, it was found that the target, service, and srchost > keywords are easily conflated. Add an explainer. > > Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) > > Hi Bruce- > > I've received no objections to this patch. Can you include it in > v4.19 with the other patches I've already submitted? Will do, it'll probably just be another week or so before I publish a 4.19 branch. --b. > > > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c > index 1943e11..2460759 100644 > --- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c > +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c > @@ -461,12 +461,28 @@ static int gss_encode_v1_msg(struct gss_upcall_msg *gss_msg, > buflen -= len; > p += len; > gss_msg->msg.len = len; > + > + /* > + * target= is a full service principal that names the remote > + * identity that we are authenticating to. > + */ > if (target_name) { > len = scnprintf(p, buflen, "target=%s ", target_name); > buflen -= len; > p += len; > gss_msg->msg.len += len; > } > + > + /* > + * gssd uses service= and srchost= to select a matching key from > + * the system's keytab to use as the source principal. > + * > + * service= is the service name part of the source principal, > + * or "*" (meaning choose any). > + * > + * srchost= is the hostname part of the source principal. When > + * not provided, gssd uses the local hostname. > + */ > if (service_name) { > char *c = strchr(service_name, '@'); > > @@ -482,6 +498,7 @@ static int gss_encode_v1_msg(struct gss_upcall_msg *gss_msg, > p += len; > gss_msg->msg.len += len; > } > + > if (mech->gm_upcall_enctypes) { > len = scnprintf(p, buflen, "enctypes=%s ", > mech->gm_upcall_enctypes);