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authorJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2017-11-24 11:54:11 +1100
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2017-11-24 11:54:11 +1100
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Merge tag 'keys-next-20171123' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs into next-keys
Merge keys subsystem changes from David Howells, for v4.15.
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@@ -628,12 +628,12 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
      defined key type will return its data as is. If a key type does not
      implement this function, error EOPNOTSUPP will result.
 
-     As much of the data as can be fitted into the buffer will be copied to
-     userspace if the buffer pointer is not NULL.
-
-     On a successful return, the function will always return the amount of data
-     available rather than the amount copied.
+     If the specified buffer is too small, then the size of the buffer required
+     will be returned.  Note that in this case, the contents of the buffer may
+     have been overwritten in some undefined way.
 
+     Otherwise, on success, the function will return the amount of data copied
+     into the buffer.
 
   *  Instantiate a partially constructed key::