Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] Documentation: Fix typo 'CONFIG_AFS' | From | Paul Bolle <> | Date | Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:40:08 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2014-06-25 at 10:09 +0100, David Howells wrote: > Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> wrote: > > Perhaps AF_RXRPC should be dropped from this short list (it is selected > > if AFS_FS is set). But since I couldn't actually determine how AFS_FS > > and RXKAD interact I decided to not touch that list any further. > > The key_type_rxrpc key that the AFS fs or userspace passes to AF_RXRPC > indicates the protocol that AF_RXRPC should use. The AFS fs doesn't need to > care how the security actually works and the token is opaque to it. > > rxkad registers itself with AF_RXRPC, which maintains a list. The > security_index is the number that appears in the protocol that indicates the > security driver to use.
Thanks. That would have taken me quite a bit of time to figure out.
I'll leave that short list as is, unless you prefer that I send a v2 dropping AF_RXRPC.
Paul Bolle
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