From: dhowells@redhat.com (David Howells)
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v12 05/10] KEYS: Add an optional lookup_restriction hook to key_type
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:09:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <23549.1489658959@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170309202315.15361-6-mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>
Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> + /* Look up a keyring access restriction (optional)
> + *
> + * - The caller must hold a read lock on the key type's semaphore
> + * - NULL is a valid return value (meaning the requested restriction
> + * is known but will never block addition of a key)
> + * - should return -EINVAL if the restriction is unknown
> + */
> + struct key_restriction *(*lookup_restriction)(const char *params);
I wonder if this can be improved in future to using the rcu read lock instead
of a semaphore.
David
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-16 10:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-09 20:23 [PATCH v12 00/10] Make keyring link restrictions accessible from userspace Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 01/10] KEYS: Use a typedef for restrict_link function pointers Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 02/10] KEYS: Split role of the keyring pointer for keyring restrict functions Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 03/10] KEYS: Add a key restriction struct Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 04/10] KEYS: Use structure to capture key restriction function and data Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 05/10] KEYS: Add an optional lookup_restriction hook to key_type Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 06/10] KEYS: Consistent ordering for __key_link_begin and restrict check Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 07/10] KEYS: Add KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 08/10] KEYS: Add a lookup_restriction function for the asymmetric key type Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 09/10] KEYS: Restrict asymmetric key linkage using a specific keychain Mat Martineau
2017-03-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v12 10/10] KEYS: Keyring asymmetric key restrict method with chaining Mat Martineau
2017-03-16 10:00 ` [PATCH v12 02/10] KEYS: Split role of the keyring pointer for keyring restrict functions David Howells
2017-03-16 10:09 ` David Howells [this message]
2017-03-16 23:02 ` [PATCH v12 05/10] KEYS: Add an optional lookup_restriction hook to key_type Mat Martineau
2017-03-16 10:17 ` [PATCH v12 06/10] KEYS: Consistent ordering for __key_link_begin and restrict check David Howells
2017-03-17 0:47 ` Mat Martineau
2017-03-17 7:43 ` David Howells
2017-03-17 22:35 ` Mat Martineau
2017-03-18 8:10 ` David Howells
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