linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: /proc/keys is not unconditionally available

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Message-ID: <20150128121207.59254055@lwn.net>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:12:07 -0700
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: /proc/keys is not unconditionally available

On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:57:10 +0100 (CET)
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:

> Documentation/module-signing.txt file is referring to /proc/keys file in 
> order to view all keys contained in the kernel's keyring. That file is not 
> universally avialble when CONFIG_KEYS is enabled, which is confusing. The 
> fact that the option needed for this procfs interface to exist contains 
> "_DEBUG_" in its name makes it even more confusing. Document this fact.

Applied to the docs tree, thanks.

jon
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