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.\"
.\" 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