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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Hannes Reinecke, SUSE Labs
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/key-type.h>
+#include <keys/user-type.h>
+#include <linux/nvme.h>
+
+static struct key *nvme_keyring;
+
+key_serial_t nvme_keyring_id(void)
+{
+       return nvme_keyring->serial;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_keyring_id);
+
+int nvme_keyring_init(void)
+{
+       nvme_keyring = keyring_alloc(".nvme",
+                                    GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID,
+                                    current_cred(),
+                                    (KEY_POS_ALL & ~KEY_POS_SETATTR) |
+                                    (KEY_USR_ALL & ~KEY_USR_SETATTR),
+                                    KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA, NULL, NULL);
+       if (IS_ERR(nvme_keyring))
+               return PTR_ERR(nvme_keyring);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_keyring_init);
+
+void nvme_keyring_exit(void)
+{
+       key_revoke(nvme_keyring);
+       key_put(nvme_keyring);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_keyring_exit);
 
 #include "nvme.h"
 #include "fabrics.h"
 #include <linux/nvme-auth.h>
+#include <linux/nvme-keyring.h>
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include "trace.h"
                result = PTR_ERR(nvme_ns_chr_class);
                goto unregister_generic_ns;
        }
-
-       result = nvme_init_auth();
+       result = nvme_keyring_init();
        if (result)
                goto destroy_ns_chr;
+       result = nvme_init_auth();
+       if (result)
+               goto keyring_exit;
        return 0;
 
+keyring_exit:
+       nvme_keyring_exit();
 destroy_ns_chr:
        class_destroy(nvme_ns_chr_class);
 unregister_generic_ns:
 static void __exit nvme_core_exit(void)
 {
        nvme_exit_auth();
+       nvme_keyring_exit();
        class_destroy(nvme_ns_chr_class);
        class_destroy(nvme_subsys_class);
        class_destroy(nvme_class);
 
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Hannes Reinecke, SUSE Labs
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NVME_KEYRING_H
+#define _NVME_KEYRING_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_KEYRING
+
+key_serial_t nvme_keyring_id(void);
+int nvme_keyring_init(void);
+void nvme_keyring_exit(void);
+
+#else
+
+static inline key_serial_t nvme_keyring_id(void)
+{
+       return 0;
+}
+static inline int nvme_keyring_init(void)
+{
+       return 0;
+}
+static inline void nvme_keyring_exit(void) {}
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_NVME_KEYRING */
+#endif /* _NVME_KEYRING_H */