Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2025-08-24

Re: Issue in man page PR_SET_SECUREBITS.2const

From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-08-24 19:25:24

Hi Helge,

On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 02:48:48PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
Without further ado, the following was found:

Issue:    I<op> → I<flags> ?

"I<op> is B<PR_SET_SECUREBITS>, and the caller does not have the "
"B<CAP_SETPCAP> capability, or tried to unset a \"locked\" flag, or tried to "
"set a flag whose corresponding locked flag was set (see B<capabilities>(7))."
Hmmm, this is cruft that I forgot to update after splitting the page.
I've fixed it with this:

	commit c71d7a2e31c0689d942bc3b030284144bd331f04 (HEAD -> contrib)
	Author: Alejandro Colomar [off-list ref]
	Date:   Sun Aug 24 21:23:39 2025 +0200

	    man/man2const/PR_SET_SECUREBITS.2const: wfix
	    
	    Fixes: 2dcad3cde34e (2024-05-31; "PR_SET_SECUREBITS.2const: Tweak after split")
	    Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann [off-list ref]
	    Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar [off-list ref]

	diff --git a/man/man2const/PR_SET_SECUREBITS.2const b/man/man2const/PR_SET_SECUREBITS.2const
	index ae7268d7d..c80ce0f2e 100644
	--- a/man/man2const/PR_SET_SECUREBITS.2const
	+++ b/man/man2const/PR_SET_SECUREBITS.2const
	@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ .SH ERRORS
	 is not a valid value.
	 .TP
	 .B EPERM
	-.I op
	-is
	-.BR PR_SET_SECUREBITS ,
	-and the caller does not have the
	+The caller does not have the
	 .B CAP_SETPCAP
	 capability,
	 or tried to unset a "locked" flag,

Thanks for the report!


Cheers,
Alex

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