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-rw-r--r--Documentation/keys-request-key.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/keys.txt14
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt b/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt
index 266955d23ee..09b55e46174 100644
--- a/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt
+++ b/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt
@@ -11,26 +11,29 @@ request_key*():
struct key *request_key(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string);
+ const char *callout_info);
or:
struct key *request_key_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string,
+ const char *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
or:
struct key *request_key_async(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string);
+ const char *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len);
or:
struct key *request_key_async_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string,
+ const char *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
Or by userspace invoking the request_key system call:
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt
index 51652d39e61..b82d38de8b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/keys.txt
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ payload contents" for more information.
struct key *request_key(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string);
+ const char *callout_info);
This is used to request a key or keyring with a description that matches
the description specified according to the key type's match function. This
@@ -793,24 +793,28 @@ payload contents" for more information.
struct key *request_key_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string,
+ const void *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
This is identical to request_key(), except that the auxiliary data is
- passed to the key_type->request_key() op if it exists.
+ passed to the key_type->request_key() op if it exists, and the callout_info
+ is a blob of length callout_len, if given (the length may be 0).
(*) A key can be requested asynchronously by calling one of:
struct key *request_key_async(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string);
+ const void *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len);
or:
struct key *request_key_async_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
- const char *callout_string,
+ const char *callout_info,
+ size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
which are asynchronous equivalents of request_key() and