From patchwork Mon Mar 1 16:08:50 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Greg Kroah-Hartman X-Patchwork-Id: 389648 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-18.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER, INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F356DC433DB for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 18:37:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6E2A60202 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 18:37:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S240170AbhCAShV (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Mar 2021 13:37:21 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:43164 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234878AbhCAS3I (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Mar 2021 13:29:08 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 830D364FD3; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 17:50:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1614621018; bh=oSmsppwOFSGJvRWs7tGyuh25TJzFvei7c3QfdnAwgs8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=pZ1dZBzoMm+nMgE19eXlFFC/Lqg4zA4TYrGUa57drueAXOb5AR4y4xhZBeVabjPjO phZD9hWHfYhj2mgdkI1/nR9hw5ULDsJz5ou1q3jGrKuuZ6jST4SnwfxeOtiyWq8+VB 48kza63VEQjY8MM25ONW8qnhLcYwPTdXqGPbT+Qs= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi , David Howells , Jarkko Sakkinen , Ben Boeckel , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 5.11 362/775] watch_queue: Drop references to /dev/watch_queue Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 17:08:50 +0100 Message-Id: <20210301161219.515059996@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.1 In-Reply-To: <20210301161201.679371205@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20210301161201.679371205@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi [ Upstream commit 8fe62e0c0e2efa5437f3ee81b65d69e70a45ecd2 ] 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 Signed-off-by: David Howells Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Reviewed-by: Ben Boeckel Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- Documentation/security/keys/core.rst | 4 ++-- samples/Kconfig | 2 +- samples/watch_queue/watch_test.c | 2 +- security/keys/Kconfig | 8 ++++---- 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst index aa0081685ee11..b3ed5c581034c 100644 --- 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. diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig index 0ed6e4d71d87b..e76cdfc50e257 100644 --- a/samples/Kconfig +++ b/samples/Kconfig @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ config SAMPLE_WATCHDOG depends on CC_CAN_LINK config SAMPLE_WATCH_QUEUE - bool "Build example /dev/watch_queue notification consumer" + bool "Build example watch_queue notification API consumer" depends on CC_CAN_LINK && HEADERS_INSTALL help Build example userspace program to use the new mount_notify(), diff --git a/samples/watch_queue/watch_test.c b/samples/watch_queue/watch_test.c index 46e618a897fef..8c6cb57d5cfc5 100644 --- a/samples/watch_queue/watch_test.c +++ b/samples/watch_queue/watch_test.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 -/* Use /dev/watch_queue to watch for notifications. +/* Use watch_queue API to watch for notifications. * * Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com) diff --git a/security/keys/Kconfig b/security/keys/Kconfig index 83bc23409164a..c161642a84841 100644 --- a/security/keys/Kconfig +++ b/security/keys/Kconfig @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ config KEY_NOTIFICATIONS bool "Provide key/keyring change notifications" depends on KEYS && WATCH_QUEUE help - This option provides support for getting change notifications on keys - and keyrings on which the caller has View permission. This makes use - of the /dev/watch_queue misc device to handle the notification - buffer and provides KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY to enable/disable watches. + This option provides support for getting change notifications + on keys and keyrings on which the caller has View permission. + This makes use of pipes to handle the notification buffer and + provides KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY to enable/disable watches.