[RFC PATCH 0/2] keys: Address lookup_user_key() mutability

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 08:55:16AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> The main objective in these patches is to remove to unneeded mutability
> from key look ups. It does harm and brings no value so it is pretty obvious
> to me that addressing this harmful behaviour is what we should do.
> 
> I based the first patch on what Jann suggested in [1]. Nothing too clever here
> and I'm ofc open for further suggestions.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/keyrings/CAG48ez0XjVSR=M--UBauTm8sJuc+ZbhKzaPa3a6wrSVHyoKevw@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> Jarkko Sakkinen (2):
>   keys: Return user session keyring on lookup
>   keys: Reject keyring creation with overridden credentials
> 
>  Documentation/security/keys/core.rst |  7 ++-
>  security/keys/process_keys.c         | 65 +++++++++++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.47.3
> 

So.. should I move forward to with non-RFC v2?

Note that some tags (e.g., Fixes) are missing simply because this is RFC.

Br, Jarkko