linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] Documentation: Fix typo 'CONFIG

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:40:08 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] Documentation: Fix typo 'CONFIG_AFS'

On Wed, 2014-06-25 at 10:09 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote:
> > Perhaps AF_RXRPC should be dropped from this short list (it is selected
> > if AFS_FS is set). But since I couldn't actually determine how AFS_FS
> > and RXKAD interact I decided to not touch that list any further.
> 
> The key_type_rxrpc key that the AFS fs or userspace passes to AF_RXRPC
> indicates the protocol that AF_RXRPC should use.  The AFS fs doesn't need to
> care how the security actually works and the token is opaque to it.
> 
> rxkad registers itself with AF_RXRPC, which maintains a list.  The
> security_index is the number that appears in the protocol that indicates the
> security driver to use.

Thanks. That would have taken me quite a bit of time to figure out.

I'll leave that short list as is, unless you prefer that I send a v2
dropping AF_RXRPC.


Paul Bolle

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