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authorGabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@collabora.com>2020-11-24 23:28:02 +0300
committerDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2021-01-21 19:16:08 +0300
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watch_queue: Drop references to /dev/watch_queue
The merged API doesn't use a watch_queue device, but instead relies on pipes, so let the documentation reflect that. Fixes: f7e47677e39a ("watch_queue: Add a key/keyring notification facility") Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@collabora.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
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--- a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
@@ -1040,8 +1040,8 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
"key" is the ID of the key to be watched.
- "queue_fd" is a file descriptor referring to an open "/dev/watch_queue"
- which manages the buffer into which notifications will be delivered.
+ "queue_fd" is a file descriptor referring to an open pipe which
+ manages the buffer into which notifications will be delivered.
"filter" is either NULL to remove a watch or a filter specification to
indicate what events are required from the key.