From 8fe62e0c0e2efa5437f3ee81b65d69e70a45ecd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:28:02 -0500 Subject: watch_queue: Drop references to /dev/watch_queue 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 Signed-off-by: David Howells Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Reviewed-by: Ben Boeckel --- Documentation/security/keys/core.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/security') diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst index aa0081685ee1..b3ed5c581034 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. -- cgit