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proc.5: update pointer to in-kernel security keys documentation

PATCH Applied Eugene Syromyatnikov 2 participants 2 messages Sep 11, 2017 1 message not in the archive Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 10/15 proc.5: update pointer to in-kernel security keys documentation

The file has been moved twice since its mention on the man page.

* man5/proc.5 (.SS Files and directories)
<.TP .IR /proc/[pid]/attr/keycreate>: Amend security keys documentation reference with the locations in different versions of Linux kernel tree.

Signed-off-by Eugene Syromyatnikov <[email protected]>
---
 man5/proc.5 | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
man5/proc.5 +8 -2
index 7af4e02..82f6ec4 100644
@@ -275,13 +275,19 @@ attribute.
 .TP
 .IR /proc/[pid]/attr/keycreate " (since Linux 2.6.18)"
 .\" commit 4eb582cf1fbd7b9e5f466e3718a59c957e75254e
-.\" /Documentation/keys.txt
 If a process writes a security context into this file,
 all subsequently created keys
 .RB ( add_key (2))
 will be labeled with this context.
 For further information, see the kernel source file
-.IR Documentation/keys.txt .
+.I Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
+(or file
+.\" commit b68101a1e8f0263dbc7b8375d2a7c57c6216fb76
+.I Documentation/security/keys.txt
+on Linux between 3.0 and 4.13, or
+.\" commit d410fa4ef99112386de5f218dd7df7b4fca910b4
+.I Documentation/keys.txt
+before Linux 3.0).
 .TP
 .IR /proc/[pid]/attr/prev " (since Linux 2.6.0)"
 This file contains the security context of the process before the last
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Quoted 1 line · Eugene Syromyatnikov

The file has been moved twice since its mention on the man page.

Applied. Thanks!

Cheers,

Michael

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* man5/proc.5 (.SS Files and directories)
<.TP .IR /proc/[pid]/attr/keycreate>: Amend security keys documentation reference with the locations in different versions of Linux kernel tree.

Signed-off-by Eugene Syromyatnikov <[email protected]>
---
  man5/proc.5 | 10 ++++++++--
  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
man5/proc.5 +1 -2
index 7af4e02..82f6ec4 100644
@@ -275,13 +275,19 @@ attribute.
  .TP
  .IR /proc/[pid]/attr/keycreate " (since Linux 2.6.18)"
  .\" commit 4eb582cf1fbd7b9e5f466e3718a59c957e75254e
-.\" /Documentation/keys.txt
  If a process writes a security context into this file,
  all subsequently created keys
  .RB ( add_key (2))
  will be labeled with this context.
  For further information, see the kernel source file
-.IR Documentation/keys.txt .
+.I Documentation/security/keys/core.rst

man5/proc.5 attribute. · line 293

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man5/proc.5 +7 -0
+(or file
+.\" commit b68101a1e8f0263dbc7b8375d2a7c57c6216fb76
+.I Documentation/security/keys.txt
+on Linux between 3.0 and 4.13, or
+.\" commit d410fa4ef99112386de5f218dd7df7b4fca910b4
+.I Documentation/keys.txt
+before Linux 3.0).
  .TP
  .IR /proc/[pid]/attr/prev " (since Linux 2.6.0)"
  This file contains the security context of the process before the last

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