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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/keys.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt index a4c33f1a7c6d..315cf96a41a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt @@ -1150,20 +1150,24 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory: const void *data; size_t datalen; size_t quotalen; + time_t expiry; }; Before calling the method, the caller will fill in data and datalen with the payload blob parameters; quotalen will be filled in with the default - quota size from the key type and the rest will be cleared. + quota size from the key type; expiry will be set to TIME_T_MAX and the + rest will be cleared. If a description can be proposed from the payload contents, that should be attached as a string to the description field. This will be used for the key description if the caller of add_key() passes NULL or "". The method can attach anything it likes to type_data[] and payload. These - are merely passed along to the instantiate() or update() operations. + are merely passed along to the instantiate() or update() operations. If + set, the expiry time will be applied to the key if it is instantiated from + this data. - The method should return 0 if success ful or a negative error code + The method should return 0 if successful or a negative error code otherwise. |