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| author | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2006-01-06 00:11:24 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-01-06 08:33:29 -0800 |
| commit | 8d9067bda99c68e1a17d93e78cf3a5a3f67e0c35 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f3c7fe665012c456b57840c290eafd4deabbeb2 /Documentation/keys.txt | |
| parent | 32725ad8430b58e42c5d54757ce7871e680d05cb (diff) | |
[PATCH] Keys: Remove key duplication
Remove the key duplication stuff since there's nothing that uses it, no way
to get at it and it's awkward to deal with for LSM purposes.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/keys.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/keys.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt index 31154882000..6304db59bfe 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/keys.txt @@ -860,24 +860,6 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory: It is safe to sleep in this method. - (*) int (*duplicate)(struct key *key, const struct key *source); - - If this type of key can be duplicated, then this method should be - provided. It is called to copy the payload attached to the source into the - new key. The data length on the new key will have been updated and the - quota adjusted already. - - This method will be called with the source key's semaphore read-locked to - prevent its payload from being changed, thus RCU constraints need not be - applied to the source key. - - This method does not have to lock the destination key in order to attach a - payload. The fact that KEY_FLAG_INSTANTIATED is not set in key->flags - prevents anything else from gaining access to the key. - - It is safe to sleep in this method. - - (*) int (*update)(struct key *key, const void *data, size_t datalen); If this type of key can be updated, then this method should be provided. |