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@@ -757,6 +757,26 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
successful.
+ (*) Install the calling process's session keyring on its parent.
+
+ long keyctl(KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT);
+
+ This functions attempts to install the calling process's session keyring
+ on to the calling process's parent, replacing the parent's current session
+ keyring.
+
+ The calling process must have the same ownership as its parent, the
+ keyring must have the same ownership as the calling process, the calling
+ process must have LINK permission on the keyring and the active LSM module
+ mustn't deny permission, otherwise error EPERM will be returned.
+
+ Error ENOMEM will be returned if there was insufficient memory to complete
+ the operation, otherwise 0 will be returned to indicate success.
+
+ The keyring will be replaced next time the parent process leaves the
+ kernel and resumes executing userspace.
+
+
===============
KERNEL SERVICES
===============