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Version: [ 2.6.11.8 ] [ 2.6.25 ] [ 2.6.25.8 ] [ 2.6.31.13 ] Architecture: [ i386 ]
  1 /* Definitions for key type implementations
  2  *
  3  * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  4  * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
  5  *
  6  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  7  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
  8  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
  9  * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
 10  */
 11 
 12 #ifndef _LINUX_KEY_TYPE_H
 13 #define _LINUX_KEY_TYPE_H
 14 
 15 #include <linux/key.h>
 16 
 17 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 18 
 19 /*
 20  * key under-construction record
 21  * - passed to the request_key actor if supplied
 22  */
 23 struct key_construction {
 24         struct key      *key;   /* key being constructed */
 25         struct key      *authkey;/* authorisation for key being constructed */
 26 };
 27 
 28 typedef int (*request_key_actor_t)(struct key_construction *key,
 29                                    const char *op, void *aux);
 30 
 31 /*
 32  * kernel managed key type definition
 33  */
 34 struct key_type {
 35         /* name of the type */
 36         const char *name;
 37 
 38         /* default payload length for quota precalculation (optional)
 39          * - this can be used instead of calling key_payload_reserve(), that
 40          *   function only needs to be called if the real datalen is different
 41          */
 42         size_t def_datalen;
 43 
 44         /* instantiate a key of this type
 45          * - this method should call key_payload_reserve() to determine if the
 46          *   user's quota will hold the payload
 47          */
 48         int (*instantiate)(struct key *key, const void *data, size_t datalen);
 49 
 50         /* update a key of this type (optional)
 51          * - this method should call key_payload_reserve() to recalculate the
 52          *   quota consumption
 53          * - the key must be locked against read when modifying
 54          */
 55         int (*update)(struct key *key, const void *data, size_t datalen);
 56 
 57         /* match a key against a description */
 58         int (*match)(const struct key *key, const void *desc);
 59 
 60         /* clear some of the data from a key on revokation (optional)
 61          * - the key's semaphore will be write-locked by the caller
 62          */
 63         void (*revoke)(struct key *key);
 64 
 65         /* clear the data from a key (optional) */
 66         void (*destroy)(struct key *key);
 67 
 68         /* describe a key */
 69         void (*describe)(const struct key *key, struct seq_file *p);
 70 
 71         /* read a key's data (optional)
 72          * - permission checks will be done by the caller
 73          * - the key's semaphore will be readlocked by the caller
 74          * - should return the amount of data that could be read, no matter how
 75          *   much is copied into the buffer
 76          * - shouldn't do the copy if the buffer is NULL
 77          */
 78         long (*read)(const struct key *key, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen);
 79 
 80         /* handle request_key() for this type instead of invoking
 81          * /sbin/request-key (optional)
 82          * - key is the key to instantiate
 83          * - authkey is the authority to assume when instantiating this key
 84          * - op is the operation to be done, usually "create"
 85          * - the call must not return until the instantiation process has run
 86          *   its course
 87          */
 88         request_key_actor_t request_key;
 89 
 90         /* internal fields */
 91         struct list_head        link;           /* link in types list */
 92 };
 93 
 94 extern struct key_type key_type_keyring;
 95 
 96 extern int register_key_type(struct key_type *ktype);
 97 extern void unregister_key_type(struct key_type *ktype);
 98 
 99 extern int key_payload_reserve(struct key *key, size_t datalen);
100 extern int key_instantiate_and_link(struct key *key,
101                                     const void *data,
102                                     size_t datalen,
103                                     struct key *keyring,
104                                     struct key *instkey);
105 extern int key_negate_and_link(struct key *key,
106                                unsigned timeout,
107                                struct key *keyring,
108                                struct key *instkey);
109 extern void complete_request_key(struct key_construction *cons, int error);
110 
111 #endif /* CONFIG_KEYS */
112 #endif /* _LINUX_KEY_TYPE_H */
113 
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