+ /* no key - decide on the error we're going to go for */
+ key_ref = ret ? ret : err;
+
+found:
+ return key_ref;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * search the process keyrings for the first matching key
+ * - we use the supplied match function to see if the description (or other
+ * feature of interest) matches
+ * - we return -EAGAIN if we didn't find any matching key
+ * - we return -ENOKEY if we found only negative matching keys
+ */
+key_ref_t search_process_keyrings(struct key_type *type,
+ const void *description,
+ key_match_func_t match,
+ const struct cred *cred)
+{
+ struct request_key_auth *rka;
+ key_ref_t key_ref, ret = ERR_PTR(-EACCES), err;
+
+ might_sleep();
+
+ key_ref = search_my_process_keyrings(type, description, match, cred);
+ if (!IS_ERR(key_ref))
+ goto found;
+ err = key_ref;
+