keys: allow the callout data to be passed as a blob rather than a string
Allow the callout data to be passed as a blob rather than a string for
internal kernel services that call any request_key_*() interface other than
request_key(). request_key() itself still takes a NUL-terminated string.
The functions that change are:
request_key_with_auxdata()
request_key_async()
request_key_async_with_auxdata()
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Kevin Coffman <kwc@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt
index 51652d3..b82d38d 100644
--- a/Documentation/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/keys.txt
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
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 @@
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
