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| author |   David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2013-09-24 10:35:18 +0100 |
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| committer | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2013-09-24 10:35:18 +0100 |
| commit | ab3c3587f8cda9083209a61dbe3a4407d3cada10 (patch) | |
| tree | c479efb4b7a834ee5d3b74d81560a2214c463431 /security/keys/Kconfig | |
| parent | KEYS: Expand the capacity of a keyring (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-ab3c3587f8cda9083209a61dbe3a4407d3cada10.tar.xz linux-dev-ab3c3587f8cda9083209a61dbe3a4407d3cada10.zip | |
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 <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Simo Sorce <simo@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
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 |