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author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2012-05-08 14:07:48 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2012-05-08 14:07:48 +0200 |
commit | 67ba5293f705eb1d1b98710e5ccb0f615936a6fc (patch) | |
tree | cdb4cfd94033b5c0f42eeb4de368802049880a12 /Documentation/security | |
parent | 86627c93b35082f7a0e4d3111546943984b932c7 (diff) | |
parent | d909a81b198a397593495508c4a5755fe95552fb (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/security')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/keys.txt | 14 |
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. |