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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] in-core AFS multiplexor and PAG support

    On Tue, 13 May 2003, David Howells wrote:
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    > (1) PAG (Process Authentication Group) support. A PAG is ID'd by a unique
    > number, and is represented in memory as a structure that has a ring of
    > associated authentication tokens.
    >
    > Each process can either be part of a PAG, or it can PAG-less - in which
    > case it has no authentication tokens.
    >
    > Two new syscalls are added: setpag and getpag.

    I think the code looks pretty horrible, but I think we'll need something
    like this to keep track of keys. However, I'm not sure we should make this
    a new structure - I think we should make the current "tsk->user" thing
    _be_ the "PAG".

    Linus

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