[v5,1/6] KEYS: Use a typedef for restrict_link function pointers

Commit Message

Mat Martineau July 19, 2016, 8:46 p.m. UTC

This pointer type needs to be returned from a lookup function, and
without a typedef the syntax gets cumbersome.

Signed-off-by: Mat Martineau <[e-mail]>
---
 Documentation/security/keys.txt |  5 +----
 include/linux/key.h             | 16 +++++++---------
 security/keys/key.c             |  4 +---
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
index 6844dcb..cfb86c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
@@ -1143,10 +1143,7 @@  payload contents" for more information.
 	struct key *keyring_alloc(const char *description, uid_t uid, gid_t gid,
 				  const struct cred *cred,
 				  key_perm_t perm,
-				  int (*restrict_link)(struct key *,
-						       const struct key_type *,
-						       unsigned long,
-						       const union key_payload *),
+				  restrict_link_func_t restrict_link,
 				  unsigned long flags,
 				  struct key *dest);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h
index 7229147..df05059 100644
--- a/include/linux/key.h
+++ b/include/linux/key.h
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@  static inline bool is_key_possessed(const key_ref_t key_ref)
 	return (unsigned long) key_ref & 1UL;
 }
 
+typedef int (*restrict_link_func_t)(struct key *keyring,
+				    const struct key_type *type,
+				    const union key_payload *payload);
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /*
  * authentication token / access credential / keyring
@@ -214,9 +218,7 @@  struct key {
 	 * overrides this, allowing the kernel to add extra keys without
 	 * restriction.
 	 */
-	int (*restrict_link)(struct key *keyring,
-			     const struct key_type *type,
-			     const union key_payload *payload);
+	restrict_link_func_t restrict_link;
 };
 
 extern struct key *key_alloc(struct key_type *type,
@@ -225,9 +227,7 @@  extern struct key *key_alloc(struct key_type *type,
 			     const struct cred *cred,
 			     key_perm_t perm,
 			     unsigned long flags,
-			     int (*restrict_link)(struct key *,
-						  const struct key_type *,
-						  const union key_payload *));
+			     restrict_link_func_t restrict_link);
 
 
 #define KEY_ALLOC_IN_QUOTA		0x0000	/* add to quota, reject if would overrun */
@@ -303,9 +303,7 @@  extern struct key *keyring_alloc(const char *description, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid
 				 const struct cred *cred,
 				 key_perm_t perm,
 				 unsigned long flags,
-				 int (*restrict_link)(struct key *,
-						      const struct key_type *,
-						      const union key_payload *),
+				 restrict_link_func_t restrict_link,
 				 struct key *dest);
 
 extern int restrict_link_reject(struct key *keyring,
diff --git a/security/keys/key.c b/security/keys/key.c
index bd5a272..0ec3bc1 100644
--- a/security/keys/key.c
+++ b/security/keys/key.c
@@ -806,9 +806,7 @@  key_ref_t key_create_or_update(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
 	struct key *keyring, *key = NULL;
 	key_ref_t key_ref;
 	int ret;
-	int (*restrict_link)(struct key *,
-			     const struct key_type *,
-			     const union key_payload *) = NULL;
+	restrict_link_func_t restrict_link = NULL;
 
 	/* look up the key type to see if it's one of the registered kernel
 	 * types */