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| author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2012-05-10 23:38:20 -0700 |
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| committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2012-05-10 23:38:32 -0700 |
| commit | ff658f46d4641ac023b0d807d7e946822c925829 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a992e3beabd003f171ea067ce523160d4dd64ec /Documentation/security/keys.txt | |
| parent | afeb36f128e387f8ad2cd7cd94020bae984ea9b4 (diff) | |
| parent | 8500746fab2fd69843425fa82192a4e377905336 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'omap-board-for-v3.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap into next/boards
Board specific changes for omap.
Note that these are based on omap-pm-regulator-for-v3.5 as
both branches are adding twl regulators.
By Paul Gortmaker (8) and others
via Linus Torvalds (38) and others
* tag 'omap-board-for-v3.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap:
OMAP: omap4panda: Use common configuration for V1V8, V2V1 supplies
OMAP: 4430SDP: Use common configuration for V1V8, V2V1 supplies
OMAP4: twl-common: Add twl6030 V1V8, V2V1 SMPS common configuration
ARM: OMAP: Mark Beagleboard-xM MMC bus as 4-bit
Add MSUB support for the LogicPD OMAP3530 DevKits
ARM: OMAP: rx51: Platform support for lis3lv02d accelerometer
ARM: OMAP2+: craneboard: register emac device
ARM: OMAP4: board-omap4panda: Register platform device for HDMI audio codec
ARM: OMAP4: board-4430sdp: Register platform device for HDMI audio codec
ARM: OMAP: devices: Register platform devices for HDMI audio
ARM: OMAP3: igep0020: Add support for Micron NAND Flash storage memory
ARM: OMAP2+: nand: Make board_onenand_init() visible to board code
ARM: OMAP3: cm-t35: add support for power off
ARM: OMAP: WiLink platform data for the PandaBoard
ARM: OMAP2PLUS: Enable HIGHMEM
ARM: OMAP: omap2plus_defconfig: Enable ehci-omap and sms95xx support
Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/security/keys.txt')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt index 78771709142..d389acd31e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ KEY SERVICE OVERVIEW The key service provides a number of features besides keys: - (*) The key service defines two special key types: + (*) The key service defines three special key types: (+) "keyring" @@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ The key service provides a number of features besides keys: blobs of data. These can be created, updated and read by userspace, and aren't intended for use by kernel services. + (+) "logon" + + Like a "user" key, a "logon" key has a payload that is an arbitrary + blob of data. It is intended as a place to store secrets which are + accessible to the kernel but not to userspace programs. + + The description can be arbitrary, but must be prefixed with a non-zero + length string that describes the key "subclass". The subclass is + separated from the rest of the description by a ':'. "logon" keys can + be created and updated from userspace, but the payload is only + readable from kernel space. + (*) Each process subscribes to three keyrings: a thread-specific keyring, a process-specific keyring, and a session-specific keyring. |