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author | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2019-06-19 16:10:16 +0100 |
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committer | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2019-06-26 20:58:13 +0100 |
commit | 3b8c4a08a471d56ecaaca939c972fdf5b8255629 (patch) | |
tree | 43ed0238e6fe5b09b6654310b6e71f051e55e1bc /Documentation/security/keys/core.rst | |
parent | 7743c48e54ee9be9c799cbf3b8e3e9f2b8d19e72 (diff) | |
download | linux-3b8c4a08a471d56ecaaca939c972fdf5b8255629.tar.bz2 |
keys: Kill off request_key_async{,_with_auxdata}
Kill off request_key_async{,_with_auxdata}() as they're not currently used.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst index 003f1452a5b7..a0e245f9576f 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst @@ -1115,38 +1115,6 @@ payload contents" for more information. 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 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_info, - size_t callout_len, - void *aux); - - which are asynchronous equivalents of request_key() and - request_key_with_auxdata() respectively. - - These two functions return with the key potentially still under - construction. To wait for construction completion, the following should be - called:: - - int wait_for_key_construction(struct key *key, bool intr); - - The function will wait for the key to finish being constructed and then - invokes key_validate() to return an appropriate value to indicate the state - of the key (0 indicates the key is usable). - - If intr is true, then the wait can be interrupted by a signal, in which - case error ERESTARTSYS will be returned. - - * To search for a key under RCU conditions, call:: struct key *request_key_rcu(const struct key_type *type, |