From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi krisman@collabora.com
[ 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 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 Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- 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.