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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-20 21:12:50 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-20 21:12:50 -0700
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
Pull trivial tree from Jiri Kosina: "It's indeed trivial -- mostly documentation updates and a bunch of typo fixes from Masanari. There are also several linux/version.h include removals from Jesper." * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (101 commits) kcore: fix spelling in read_kcore() comment constify struct pci_dev * in obvious cases Revert "char: Fix typo in viotape.c" init: fix wording error in mm_init comment usb: gadget: Kconfig: fix typo for 'different' Revert "power, max8998: Include linux/module.h just once in drivers/power/max8998_charger.c" writeback: fix fn name in writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle() comment header writeback: fix typo in the writeback_control comment Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation tpm_tis: fix tis_lock with respect to RCU Revert "media: Fix typo in mixer_drv.c and hdmi_drv.c" Doc: Update numastat.txt qla4xxx: Add missing spaces to error messages compiler.h: Fix typo security: struct security_operations kerneldoc fix Documentation: broken URL in libata.tmpl Documentation: broken URL in filesystems.tmpl mtd: simplify return logic in do_map_probe() mm: fix comment typo of truncate_inode_pages_range power: bq27x00: Fix typos in comment ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/security')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/Smack.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/keys.txt2
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/Smack.txt b/Documentation/security/Smack.txt
index e9dab41..d2f72ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/Smack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/Smack.txt
@@ -536,6 +536,6 @@ writing a single character to the /smack/logging file :
3 : log denied & accepted
Events are logged as 'key=value' pairs, for each event you at least will get
-the subjet, the object, the rights requested, the action, the kernel function
+the subject, the object, the rights requested, the action, the kernel function
that triggered the event, plus other pairs depending on the type of event
audited.
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt b/Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
index c9e4855..e105ae9 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Trusted and Encrypted Keys
Trusted and Encrypted Keys are two new key types added to the existing kernel
-key ring service. Both of these new types are variable length symmetic keys,
+key ring service. Both of these new types are variable length symmetric keys,
and in both cases all keys are created in the kernel, and user space sees,
stores, and loads only encrypted blobs. Trusted Keys require the availability
of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip for greater security, while Encrypted
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
index 4d75931..fcbe7a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
If the kernel calls back to userspace to complete the instantiation of a
key, userspace should use this call mark the key as negative before the
- invoked process returns if it is unable to fulfil the request.
+ invoked process returns if it is unable to fulfill the request.
The process must have write access on the key to be able to instantiate
it, and the key must be uninstantiated.
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