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@@ -964,6 +964,16 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory:
It is not safe to sleep in this method; the caller may hold spinlocks.
+ (*) void (*revoke)(struct key *key);
+
+ This method is optional. It is called to discard part of the payload
+ data upon a key being revoked. The caller will have the key semaphore
+ write-locked.
+
+ It is safe to sleep in this method, though care should be taken to avoid
+ a deadlock against the key semaphore.
+
+
(*) void (*destroy)(struct key *key);
This method is optional. It is called to discard the payload data on a key