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add_key

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long add_key(const char *_type, const char *_description, const void *_payload, size_t plen, key_serial_t destringid);
Number (x86-64) 248
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_add_key

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Adds a key of a given type and description to a keyring.

Name Type Meaning
_type (arg0) const char * Key type, as a string.
_description (arg1) const char * Key description, as a string.
_payload (arg2) const void * Pointer to the key payload.
plen (arg3) size_t Payload length.
destringid (arg4) key_serial_t Destination keyring id.

On success: the serial number of the key.

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Raw return Name Meaning
-13 EACCES Permission denied.
-122 EDQUOT A quota was exceeded.

add_key(2) on man7.org

Coverage mark: Implemented. Every pointer argument has a capture rule in the pinned kernel patch and none of them records a “no decoder”, “address only” or “not observed” gap on any code path. Individual values can still be incomplete on a particular call; see the capture statuses.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Argument When How Recorded field key Condition
_type (arg0) Entry the pointer itself, as a raw word args.0, args.raw[0]
↳ pointee Entry NUL-terminated string, up to 32 bytes arg0.path always
_description (arg1) Entry the pointer itself, as a raw word args.1, args.raw[1]
↳ pointee Entry NUL-terminated string, up to 4,096 bytes arg1.path always
_payload (arg2) Entry the pointer itself, as a raw word args.2, args.raw[2]
↳ pointee Entry buffer, length from plen (arg3), limit 1 MiB - 1 bytes arg2.data always
plen (arg3) Entry raw scalar word args.3, args.plen
destringid (arg4) Entry raw scalar word args.4, args.destringid
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args._type (arg0), args._description (arg1), args._payload (arg2), args.plen (arg3), args.destringid (arg4); args.0 to args.5 by position.
  • Captured strings: the args.<name> field of a path argument, and args.path, give the captured text instead of the pointer.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.