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diff --git a/man7/process-keyring.7 b/man7/process-keyring.7 index 53557a0..23a7722 100644 --- a/man7/process-keyring.7 +++ b/man7/process-keyring.7 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later .\" -.TH process-keyring 7 2022-10-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH process-keyring 7 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME process-keyring \- per-process shared keyring .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ The process keyring is a keyring used to anchor keys on behalf of a process. It is created only when a process requests it. The process keyring has the name (description) .IR _pid . -.PP +.P A special serial number value, .BR KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING , is defined that can be used in lieu of the actual serial number of the calling process's process keyring. -.PP +.P From the .BR keyctl (1) utility, '\fB@p\fP' can be used instead of a numeric key ID in much the same way, but since .BR keyctl (1) is a program run after forking, this is of no utility. -.PP +.P A thread created using the .BR clone (2) .B CLONE_THREAD @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ A process's process keyring is cleared on .BR execve (2). The process keyring is destroyed when the last thread that refers to it terminates. -.PP +.P If a process doesn't have a process keyring when it is accessed, then the process keyring will be created if the keyring is to be modified; otherwise, the error |