1 /* Definitions for key type implementations
3 * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
4 * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
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12 #ifndef _LINUX_KEY_TYPE_H
13 #define _LINUX_KEY_TYPE_H
15 #include <linux/key.h>
20 * key under-construction record
21 * - passed to the request_key actor if supplied
23 struct key_construction
{
24 struct key
*key
; /* key being constructed */
25 struct key
*authkey
;/* authorisation for key being constructed */
28 typedef int (*request_key_actor_t
)(struct key_construction
*key
,
29 const char *op
, void *aux
);
32 * kernel managed key type definition
35 /* name of the type */
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
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
48 int (*instantiate
)(struct key
*key
, const void *data
, size_t datalen
);
50 /* update a key of this type (optional)
51 * - this method should call key_payload_reserve() to recalculate the
53 * - the key must be locked against read when modifying
55 int (*update
)(struct key
*key
, const void *data
, size_t datalen
);
57 /* match a key against a description */
58 int (*match
)(const struct key
*key
, const void *desc
);
60 /* clear some of the data from a key on revokation (optional)
61 * - the key's semaphore will be write-locked by the caller
63 void (*revoke
)(struct key
*key
);
65 /* clear the data from a key (optional) */
66 void (*destroy
)(struct key
*key
);
69 void (*describe
)(const struct key
*key
, struct seq_file
*p
);
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
78 long (*read
)(const struct key
*key
, char __user
*buffer
, size_t buflen
);
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
88 request_key_actor_t request_key
;
91 struct list_head link
; /* link in types list */
94 extern struct key_type key_type_keyring
;
96 extern int register_key_type(struct key_type
*ktype
);
97 extern void unregister_key_type(struct key_type
*ktype
);
99 extern int key_payload_reserve(struct key
*key
, size_t datalen
);
100 extern int key_instantiate_and_link(struct key
*key
,
104 struct key
*instkey
);
105 extern int key_negate_and_link(struct key
*key
,
108 struct key
*instkey
);
109 extern void complete_request_key(struct key_construction
*cons
, int error
);
111 #endif /* CONFIG_KEYS */
112 #endif /* _LINUX_KEY_TYPE_H */