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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Smack.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Smack.rst index 1b554b5bf98e..c5ed775f2d10 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Smack.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Smack.rst @@ -601,10 +601,15 @@ specification. Task Attribute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The Smack label of a process can be read from /proc/<pid>/attr/current. A -process can read its own Smack label from /proc/self/attr/current. A +The Smack label of a process can be read from ``/proc/<pid>/attr/current``. A +process can read its own Smack label from ``/proc/self/attr/current``. A privileged process can change its own Smack label by writing to -/proc/self/attr/current but not the label of another process. +``/proc/self/attr/current`` but not the label of another process. + +Format of writing is : only the label or the label followed by one of the +3 trailers: ``\n`` (by common agreement for ``/proc/...`` interfaces), +``\0`` (because some applications incorrectly include it), +``\n\0`` (because we think some applications may incorrectly include it). File Attribute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |