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    KEYS: Fix garbage collector · c08ef808
    David Howells authored
    Fix a number of problems with the new key garbage collector:
    
     (1) A rogue semicolon in keyring_gc() was causing the initial count of dead
         keys to be miscalculated.
    
     (2) A missing return in keyring_gc() meant that under certain circumstances,
         the keyring semaphore would be unlocked twice.
    
     (3) The key serial tree iterator (key_garbage_collector()) part of the garbage
         collector has been modified to:
    
         (a) Complete each scan of the keyrings before setting the new timer.
    
         (b) Only set the new timer for keys that have yet to expire.  This means
             that the new timer is now calculated correctly, and the gc doesn't
             get into a loop continually scanning for keys that have expired, and
             preventing other things from happening, like RCU cleaning up the old
             keyring contents.
    
         (c) Perform an extra scan if any keys were garbage collected in this one
         	 as a key might become garbage during a scan, and (b) could mean we
         	 don't set the timer again.
    
     (4) Made key_schedule_gc() take the time at which to do a collection run,
         rather than the time at which the key expires.  This means the collection
         of dead keys (key type unregistered) can happen immediately.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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