thread-keyring(7) — Linux manual page

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thread-keyring(7)   Miscellaneous Information Manual   thread-keyring(7)

NAME         top

       thread-keyring - per-thread keyring

DESCRIPTION         top

       The thread keyring is a keyring used to anchor keys on behalf of
       a process.  It is created only when a thread requests it.  The
       thread keyring has the name (description) _tid.

       A special serial number value, KEY_SPEC_THREAD_KEYRING, is
       defined that can be used in lieu of the actual serial number of
       the calling thread's thread keyring.

       From the keyctl(1) utility, '@t' can be used instead of a numeric
       key ID in much the same way, but as keyctl(1) is a program run
       after forking, this is of no utility.

       Thread keyrings are not inherited across clone(2) and fork(2) and
       are cleared by execve(2).  A thread keyring is destroyed when the
       thread that refers to it terminates.

       Initially, a thread does not have a thread keyring.  If a thread
       doesn't have a thread keyring when it is accessed, then it will
       be created if it is to be modified; otherwise the operation fails
       with the error ENOKEY.

SEE ALSO         top

       keyctl(1), keyctl(3), keyrings(7), persistent-keyring(7),
       process-keyring(7), session-keyring(7), user-keyring(7),
       user-session-keyring(7)

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02              thread-keyring(7)

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