linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allow clients to set key perms in key_create_or

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Date:	Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:48:38 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Arun Raghavan <arunsr@....iitk.ac.in>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow clients to set key perms in key_create_or_update()

Arun Raghavan <arunsr@....iitk.ac.in> wrote:

> The key_create_or_update() function provided by the keyring code has a default
> set of permissions that are always applied to the key when created. This might
> not be desirable to all clients.
> 
> Here's a patch that adds a "perm" parameter to the function to address this,
> which can be set to KEY_PERM_UNDEF to revert to the current behaviour.

I'll get to this shortly.  I'm just creating another keyrings patch, so I'll
look at yours afterwards.

David
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