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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched/user.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/user.h b/include/linux/sched/user.h index c7b5f86b91a1..468d2565a9fe 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/user.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/user.h @@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ struct user_struct { atomic_long_t pipe_bufs; /* how many pages are allocated in pipe buffers */ #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS + /* + * These pointers can only change from NULL to a non-NULL value once. + * Writes are protected by key_user_keyring_mutex. + * Unlocked readers should use READ_ONCE() unless they know that + * install_user_keyrings() has been called successfully (which sets + * these members to non-NULL values, preventing further modifications). + */ struct key *uid_keyring; /* UID specific keyring */ struct key *session_keyring; /* UID's default session keyring */ #endif |