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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2012-05-08 14:07:48 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2012-05-08 14:07:48 +0200
commit67ba5293f705eb1d1b98710e5ccb0f615936a6fc (patch)
treecdb4cfd94033b5c0f42eeb4de368802049880a12 /Documentation/security
parent86627c93b35082f7a0e4d3111546943984b932c7 (diff)
parentd909a81b198a397593495508c4a5755fe95552fb (diff)
Merge branch 'smp/threadalloc' into smp/hotplug
Reason: Pull in the separate branch which was created so arch/tile can base further work on it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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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.