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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
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.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
.\"
-.TH thread-keyring 7 2022-10-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH thread-keyring 7 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
thread-keyring \- per-thread keyring
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ The thread keyring is a keyring used to anchor keys on behalf of a process.
It is created only when a thread requests it.
The thread keyring has the name (description)
.IR _tid .
-.PP
+.P
A special serial number value,
.BR KEY_SPEC_THREAD_KEYRING ,
is defined that can be used in lieu of the actual serial number of
the calling thread's thread keyring.
-.PP
+.P
From the
.BR keyctl (1)
utility, '\fB@t\fP' can be used instead of a numeric key ID in
much the same way, but as
.BR keyctl (1)
is a program run after forking, this is of no utility.
-.PP
+.P
Thread keyrings are not inherited across
.BR clone (2)
and
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ and
and are cleared by
.BR execve (2).
A thread keyring is destroyed when the thread that refers to it terminates.
-.PP
+.P
Initially, a thread does not have a thread keyring.
If a thread doesn't have a thread keyring when it is accessed,
then it will be created if it is to be modified;