[PATCH v14 05/12] KEYS: Move KEY_LOOKUP_ to include/linux/key.h and set KEY_LOOKUP_FLAGS_ALL

Alexei Starovoitov alexei.starovoitov at gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 15:33:38 UTC 2022


On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 2:24 AM Roberto Sassu
<roberto.sassu at huaweicloud.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > +#define KEY_LOOKUP_CREATE        0x01
> > > > +#define KEY_LOOKUP_PARTIAL       0x02
> > > > +#define KEY_LOOKUP_FLAGS_ALL     (KEY_LOOKUP_CREATE |
> > > > KEY_LOOKUP_PARTIAL)
> > >
> > > IMHO this could be just KEY_LOOKUP_ALL.

Since this is supposed to be kernel internal flags
please make them enum, so that bpf progs can auto-adjust
(with the help of CORE) to changes in this enum.
With #define there is no way for bpf prog to know
when #define changed in the future kernels.



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