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@@ -591,6 +591,37 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
this case too.
+ (*) Set the default request-key destination keyring.
+
+ long keyctl(KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING, int reqkey_defl);
+
+ This sets the default keyring to which implicitly requested keys will be
+ attached for this thread. reqkey_defl should be one of these constants:
+
+ CONSTANT VALUE NEW DEFAULT KEYRING
+ ====================================== ====== =======================
+ KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_NO_CHANGE -1 No change
+ KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_DEFAULT 0 Default[1]
+ KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING 1 Thread keyring
+ KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_PROCESS_KEYRING 2 Process keyring
+ KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_SESSION_KEYRING 3 Session keyring
+ KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_USER_KEYRING 4 User keyring
+ KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_USER_SESSION_KEYRING 5 User session keyring
+ KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_GROUP_KEYRING 6 Group keyring
+
+ The old default will be returned if successful and error EINVAL will be
+ returned if reqkey_defl is not one of the above values.
+
+ The default keyring can be overridden by the keyring indicated to the
+ request_key() system call.
+
+ Note that this setting is inherited across fork/exec.
+
+ [1] The default default is: the thread keyring if there is one, otherwise
+ the process keyring if there is one, otherwise the session keyring if
+ there is one, otherwise the user default session keyring.
+
+
===============
KERNEL SERVICES
===============
@@ -626,6 +657,9 @@ payload contents" for more information.
Should the function fail error ENOKEY, EKEYEXPIRED or EKEYREVOKED will be
returned.
+ If successful, the key will have been attached to the default keyring for
+ implicitly obtained request-key keys, as set by KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING.
+
(*) When it is no longer required, the key should be released using: