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2005-06-24[PATCH] dvb: Add generalized dvb-usb driverJohannes Stezenbach36-52/+4743
Add generalized dvb-usb driver which supports a wide variety of devices. Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher <pb@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] dvb: drop obsolete dibusb driverJohannes Stezenbach13-2981/+1
Remove the dibusb driver which has been obsoleted by the generalized dvb-usb driver. Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher <pb@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: device attribute fixesYani Ioannou2-3/+3
This patch updates all the device attribute callbacks that weren't updated with the new parameter, I guess because they weren't in Greg's tree (including drivers/pcmcia/ds.c). Without the patch these callbacks are probably broken (and generate a warning along the lines of "assignment from incompatible pointer type"). Please see http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/5/19/40 for the scripts I used to update the attributes automatically. Signed-off-by: Yani Ioannou <yani.ioannou@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] i2o build fixAndrew Morton3-3/+6
LD .tmp_vmlinux1 drivers/built-in.o: In function `i2o_cfg_parms': config-osm.c:(.text+0x12764a): undefined reference to `i2o_parm_issue' Cc: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] I2O: Limit max sector workaround for Promise controllersMarkus Lidel1-0/+1
Set max sectors to 256 for Promise controllers. Signed-off-by: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] I2O: Lindent run and replacement of printk through osm printing ↵Markus Lidel11-110/+100
functions Lindent run and replaced printk() through the corresponding osm_*() function Signed-off-by: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] I2O: second code cleanup of sparse warnings and unneeded syncronizationMarkus Lidel12-358/+275
Changes: - Added header "core.h" for i2o_core.ko internal definitions - More sparse fixes - Changed display of TID's in sysfs attributes from XXX to 0xXXX - Use the right functions for accessing I/O and normal memory - Removed error handling of SCSI device errors and let the SCSI layer take care of it - Added new device / removed device handling to SCSI-OSM - Make status access volatile - Cleaned up activation of I2O controller - Removed unnecessary wmb() and rmb() calls - Use own struct i2o_io for I/O memory instead of struct i2o_dma Signed-off-by: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] I2O: Adaptec specific SG_IO access, firmware access through sysfs ↵Markus Lidel8-116/+282
and 2400A workaround Changes: - Provide SG_IO access to BLOCK and EXECUTIVE class on Adaptec controllers - Use PRIVATE messages in SCSI-OSM because on some controllers normal SCSI class commands like READ or READ CAPACITY cause errors - Use new DMA and SG list creation function - Added workaround to limit sectors per request for Adaptec 2400A controllers Signed-off-by: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] I2O: new sysfs attributes and Adaptec specific block device access ↵Markus Lidel15-532/+1446
and 64-bit DMA support Changes: - Added Bus-OSM which could be used by user space programs to reset a channel on the controller - Make ioctl's in Config-OSM obsolete in prefer for sysfs attributes and move those to its own file - Added sysfs attribute for firmware read and write access for I2O controllers - Added special handling of firmware read and write access for Adaptec controllers - Added vendor id and product id as sysfs-attribute to Executive classes - Added automatic notification of LCT change handling to Exec-OSM - Added flushing function to Block-OSM for later barrier implementation - Use PRIVATE messages for Block access on Adaptec controllers, which are faster then BLOCK class access - Cleaned up support for Promise controller - New messages are now detected using the IRQ status register as suggested by the I2O spec - Added i2o_dma_high() and i2o_dma_low() functions - Added facility for SG tablesize calculation when using 32-bit and 64-bit DMA addresses - Added i2o_dma_map_single() and i2o_dma_map_sg() which could build the SG list for 32-bit as well as 64-bit DMA addresses Signed-off-by: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] I2O: first code cleanup of spare warnings and unused functionsMarkus Lidel10-336/+356
Changes: - Removed unnecessary checking of NULL before calling kfree() - Make some functions static - Changed pr_debug() into osm_debug() - Use i2o_msg_in_to_virt() for getting a pointer to the message frame - Cleaned up some comments - Changed some le32_to_cpu() into readl() where necessary - Make error messages of OSM's look the same - Cleaned up error handling in i2o_block_end_request() - Removed unused error handling of failed messages in Block-OSM, which are not allowed by the I2O spec - Corrected the blocksize detection in i2o_block - Added hrt and lct sysfs-attribute to controller - Call done() function in SCSI-OSM after freeing DMA buffers - Removed unneeded variable for message size calculation in i2o_scsi_queuecommand() - Make some changes to remove sparse warnings - Reordered some functions - Cleaned up controller initialization - Replaced some magic numbers by defines - Removed unnecessary dma_sync_single_for_cpu() call on coherent DMA - Removed some unused fields in i2o_controller and removed some unused functions Signed-off-by: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] I2O: bugfixes and compability enhancementsMarkus Lidel8-149/+124
Changes: - Fixed sysfs bug where user and parent links where added to the I2O device itself - Fixed bug when calculating TID for the event handler and cleaned up the workflow of i2o_driver_dispatch() - Fixed oops when no I2O device could be found for an event delivered to Exec-OSM - Fixed initialization of spinlock in Exec-OSM - Fixed memory leak in i2o_cfg_passthru() and i2o_cfg_passthru() - Removed MTRR support - Added PCI ID of Promise SX6000 with firmware >= 1.20.x.x - Turn of caching for ioremapped memory of in_queue - Added initialization sequence for Promise controllers - Moved definition of u8 / u16 / u32 for raidutils before first use Signed-off-by: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: improve output in sysfs files when the TPM failsKylene Jo Hall1-4/+6
Since after reconsideration this is more debug output than an error (the TPM is operating correctly given the current state) I have changed the statements to dbg rather than err. Also this patch corrects a memory leak if the error path is taken in the tpm_show_pubek function. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: add debugging outputKylene Hall1-8/+17
Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: replace odd LPC init functionKylene Hall4-108/+22
Realized the tpm_lpc_init function isn't really necessary. Replaced it with vendor specific logic to find out the address the BIOS mapped the TPM to. This patch removes the tpm_lpc_init function, enums associated with it and calls to it. The patch also implements the replacement functionality. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: TPMs on additional LPC busKylene Hall2-0/+2
Add support for TPMs on additional LPC buses. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: locking fixesKylene Hall1-3/+7
Add a missing lock in the register hardware and fix a misplaced lock release release. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: add cancel functionKylene Hall4-12/+23
This patch provides the logic to check if an operation has been canceled while waiting for the response to arrive. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: sysfs owernship changesKylene Hall4-13/+64
In the current driver all sysfs files end up owned by the base driver module rather than the module that actually owns the device this is a problem if the module is unloaded and the file is open. This patch fixes all that and lumps the files into an attribute_group. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Yani Ioannou <yani.ioannou@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: remove unnecessary __forceKylene Hall1-12/+7
Remove the unnecessary use of __force. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: use to_pci_devKylene Hall1-3/+3
Changes the container_of calls to 'to_pci_dev' as suggested previously. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: fix timer initializationKylene Hall2-20/+6
Fix the timer to be inited and modified properly. This work depends on the fixing of the msleep stuff which in patch 1 of this set. Signed-of-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: large stack objectsKylene Hall1-6/+15
Remove some large objects be declared on the the stack. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: read return code issueKylene Hall1-20/+10
Replace an erroneous return code for the read function when no data is available. Signed-of-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: remove unnecessary module stuffKylene Hall1-13/+0
Description: Remove unnecessary (empty) module definitions. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: address missing const defsKylene Hall1-5/+5
Add "const" to several static arrays that were missing it in their definitions. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] tpm: Fix concerns with TPM driver -- use enumsKylene Hall4-51/+87
Convert #defines to named enums where that preference has been indicated by other kernel developers. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] char/tpm: use msleep(), clean-up timers,Nishanth Aravamudan3-52/+18
The TPM driver unnecessarily uses timers when it simply needs to maintain a maximum delay via time_before(). msleep() is used instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee the task delays as expected. While compile-testing, I found a typo in the driver, using tpm_chp instead of tpm_chip. Remove the now unused timer callback function and change TPM_TIMEOUT's units to milliseconds. Patch is compile-tested. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] ipmi: add 32-bit ioctl translations for 64-bit platformsAndrew Morton1-0/+196
) From: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> This contains the patch for supporting 32-bit compatible ioctls on x86_64 systems. The current x86_64 driver will not work with 32-bit applications. Signed-off-by: Jordan Hargave <jordan_hargrave@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] ipmi: use completions, not semaphores, in powerdown codeCorey Minyard1-12/+13
Don't use semaphores for IPC in the poweroff code, use completions instead. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] ipmi: add power cycle capabilityCorey Minyard4-11/+155
This patch to adds "power cycle" functionality to the IPMI power off module ipmi_poweroff. It also contains changes to support procfs control of the feature. The power cycle action is considered an optional chassis control in the IPMI specification. However, it is definitely useful when the hardware supports it. A power cycle is usually required in order to reset a firmware in a bad state. This action is critical to allow remote management of servers. The implementation adds power cycle as optional to the ipmi_poweroff module. It can be modified dynamically through the proc entry mentioned above. During a power down and enabled, the power cycle command is sent to the BMC firmware. If it fails either due to non-support or some error, it will retry to send the command as power off. Signed-off-by: Christopher A. Poblete <Chris_Poblete@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] ipmi: timer shutdown cleanupCorey Minyard1-12/+5
Clean up the timer shutdown handling in the IPMI driver. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] ipmi: doc updatesCorey Minyard1-32/+94
This cleans up the IPMI documentation to fix some problems and make it more accurate for the current drivers. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] Make reiserfs BUG on too big transactionJan Kara1-0/+2
Make reiserfs BUG() when somebody tries to start a larger transaction than it's allowed (currently the code just silently deadlocks). Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Acked-by: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 8Chris Zankel8-0/+1967
The attached patches provides part 8 of an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 7Chris Zankel14-0/+5490
The attached patches provides part 7 of an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 6Chris Zankel92-0/+8787
The attached patches provides part 6 of an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 5Chris Zankel6-0/+1800
The attached patches provides part 5 of an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 4Chris Zankel9-0/+1968
The attached patches provides part 4 of an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 3Chris Zankel23-0/+8627
The attached patches provides part 3 of an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 2Chris Zankel13-0/+3279
The attached patches provides part 2 of an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 1Chris Zankel4-0/+1029
The attached patches provides part 1 of an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xtensa: Tensilica Xtensa CPU arch maintainer recordChris Zankel1-0/+5
Start of a patch series which adds support for the xtensa architecture to Linux. The Xtensa architecture is highly configurable and usually buried inside an SOC device. So, if you buy a new printer, digital camera, or cell phone, there is a chance that there is an Xtensa inside even though you don't know it (sometimes as a small audio-engine or as a control CPU). Linux hasn't been adopted widely with Xtensa yet, but with Linux growing in the embedded space, I am sure it will become much more important. The attached patch supplies the maintainer record for an architecture implementation for the Tensilica Xtensa CPU series. Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] quota: reiserfs: improve quota credit estimatesJan Kara6-34/+58
Use improved credits estimates for quota operations. Also reserve space for a quota operation in a transaction only if filesystem was mounted with some quota option. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] quota: ext3: Improve quota credit estimatesJan Kara7-36/+60
Use improved credits estimates for quota operations. Also reserve a space for a quota operation in a transaction only if filesystem was mounted with some quota options. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] quota: improve credits estimatesJan Kara3-2/+17
Improve estimates on the number of needed credits for quota transaction. Now we distinguish blocks that might need to be allocated and blocks that only need to be rewritten. Also we distinguish deleting of a quota structure and creating of a new one. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] reiserfs: add checking of journal_begin() return valueJan Kara2-20/+52
Check return values of journal_begin() and journal_end() in the quota code for reiserfs. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] pass iocb to dio_iodone_tChristoph Hellwig3-4/+5
XFS will have to look at iocb->private to fix aio+dio. No other filesystem is using the blockdev_direct_IO* end_io callback. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] eCryptfs: export user key typeMichael Halcrow1-0/+2
Export this symbol to GPL modules for eCryptfs: an out-of-tree GPL'ed filesystem. Signed off by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] Keys: Make request-key create an authorisation keyDavid Howells15-191/+779
The attached patch makes the following changes: (1) There's a new special key type called ".request_key_auth". This is an authorisation key for when one process requests a key and another process is started to construct it. This type of key cannot be created by the user; nor can it be requested by kernel services. Authorisation keys hold two references: (a) Each refers to a key being constructed. When the key being constructed is instantiated the authorisation key is revoked, rendering it of no further use. (b) The "authorising process". This is either: (i) the process that called request_key(), or: (ii) if the process that called request_key() itself had an authorisation key in its session keyring, then the authorising process referred to by that authorisation key will also be referred to by the new authorisation key. This means that the process that initiated a chain of key requests will authorise the lot of them, and will, by default, wind up with the keys obtained from them in its keyrings. (2) request_key() creates an authorisation key which is then passed to /sbin/request-key in as part of a new session keyring. (3) When request_key() is searching for a key to hand back to the caller, if it comes across an authorisation key in the session keyring of the calling process, it will also search the keyrings of the process specified therein and it will use the specified process's credentials (fsuid, fsgid, groups) to do that rather than the calling process's credentials. This allows a process started by /sbin/request-key to find keys belonging to the authorising process. (4) A key can be read, even if the process executing KEYCTL_READ doesn't have direct read or search permission if that key is contained within the keyrings of a process specified by an authorisation key found within the calling process's session keyring, and is searchable using the credentials of the authorising process. This allows a process started by /sbin/request-key to read keys belonging to the authorising process. (5) The magic KEY_SPEC_*_KEYRING key IDs when passed to KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE or KEYCTL_NEGATE will specify a keyring of the authorising process, rather than the process doing the instantiation. (6) One of the process keyrings can be nominated as the default to which request_key() should attach new keys if not otherwise specified. This is done with KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING and one of the KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_* constants. The current setting can also be read using this call. (7) request_key() is partially interruptible. If it is waiting for another process to finish constructing a key, it can be interrupted. This permits a request-key cycle to be broken without recourse to rebooting. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] Keys: Use RCU to manage session keyring pointerDavid Howells2-25/+24
The attached patch uses RCU to manage the session keyring pointer in struct signal_struct. This means that searching need not disable interrupts and get a the sighand spinlock to access this pointer. Furthermore, by judicious use of rcu_read_(un)lock(), this patch also avoids the need to take and put refcounts on the session keyring itself, thus saving on even more atomic ops. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>