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+/* keyctl.h: keyctl command IDs
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_KEYCTL_H
+#define _LINUX_KEYCTL_H
+
+/* special process keyring shortcut IDs */
+#define KEY_SPEC_THREAD_KEYRING		-1	/* - key ID for thread-specific keyring */
+#define KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING	-2	/* - key ID for process-specific keyring */
+#define KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING	-3	/* - key ID for session-specific keyring */
+#define KEY_SPEC_USER_KEYRING		-4	/* - key ID for UID-specific keyring */
+#define KEY_SPEC_USER_SESSION_KEYRING	-5	/* - key ID for UID-session keyring */
+#define KEY_SPEC_GROUP_KEYRING		-6	/* - key ID for GID-specific keyring */
+
+/* keyctl commands */
+#define KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID		0	/* ask for a keyring's ID */
+#define KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING	1	/* join or start named session keyring */
+#define KEYCTL_UPDATE			2	/* update a key */
+#define KEYCTL_REVOKE			3	/* revoke a key */
+#define KEYCTL_CHOWN			4	/* set ownership of a key */
+#define KEYCTL_SETPERM			5	/* set perms on a key */
+#define KEYCTL_DESCRIBE			6	/* describe a key */
+#define KEYCTL_CLEAR			7	/* clear contents of a keyring */
+#define KEYCTL_LINK			8	/* link a key into a keyring */
+#define KEYCTL_UNLINK			9	/* unlink a key from a keyring */
+#define KEYCTL_SEARCH			10	/* search for a key in a keyring */
+#define KEYCTL_READ			11	/* read a key or keyring's contents */
+#define KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE		12	/* instantiate a partially constructed key */
+#define KEYCTL_NEGATE			13	/* negate a partially constructed key */
+
+#endif /*  _LINUX_KEYCTL_H */