From ab3c3587f8cda9083209a61dbe3a4407d3cada10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:35:18 +0100 Subject: KEYS: Implement a big key type that can save to tmpfs Implement a big key type that can save its contents to tmpfs and thus swapspace when memory is tight. This is useful for Kerberos ticket caches. Signed-off-by: David Howells Tested-by: Simo Sorce --- security/keys/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'security/keys/Kconfig') diff --git a/security/keys/Kconfig b/security/keys/Kconfig index 15e0dfe8c80f..b56362275ec8 100644 --- a/security/keys/Kconfig +++ b/security/keys/Kconfig @@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ config KEYS If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N. +config BIG_KEYS + tristate "Large payload keys" + depends on KEYS + depends on TMPFS + help + This option provides support for holding large keys within the kernel + (for example Kerberos ticket caches). The data may be stored out to + swapspace by tmpfs. + + If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N. + config TRUSTED_KEYS tristate "TRUSTED KEYS" depends on KEYS && TCG_TPM -- cgit v1.2.3