[PATCH v2 05/11] LSM: fix documentation for the socket_getpeersec_dgram hook

Denis Efremov efremov at ispras.ru
Tue Feb 26 20:49:06 UTC 2019


The socket_getpeersec_dgram hook was changed in the commit
"[AF_UNIX]: Kernel memory leak fix for af_unix datagram
getpeersec patch" (dc49c1f94e34). The arguments @secdata
and @seclen were changed to @sock and @secid. This patch
updates the documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov at ispras.ru>
---
 include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 603659fb795a..79011eff9795 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -857,13 +857,13 @@
  * @socket_getpeersec_dgram:
  *	This hook allows the security module to provide peer socket security
  *	state for udp sockets on a per-packet basis to userspace via
- *	getsockopt SO_GETPEERSEC.  The application must first have indicated
- *	the IP_PASSSEC option via getsockopt.  It can then retrieve the
+ *	getsockopt SO_GETPEERSEC. The application must first have indicated
+ *	the IP_PASSSEC option via getsockopt. It can then retrieve the
  *	security state returned by this hook for a packet via the SCM_SECURITY
  *	ancillary message type.
- *	@skb is the skbuff for the packet being queried
- *	@secdata is a pointer to a buffer in which to copy the security data
- *	@seclen is the maximum length for @secdata
+ *	@sock contains the peer socket. May be NULL.
+ *	@skb is the sk_buff for the packet being queried. May be NULL.
+ *	@secid pointer to store the secid of the packet.
  *	Return 0 on success, error on failure.
  * @sk_alloc_security:
  *	Allocate and attach a security structure to the sk->sk_security field,
-- 
2.17.2



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