From: "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
To: "Alejandro Colomar" <alx@kernel.org>, "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] man/man2/landlock_create_ruleset.2: Clarify attr and size constraints
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:58:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260421175842.6870-2-gnoack3000@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421175842.6870-1-gnoack3000@gmail.com>
When used with special flags like LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_VERSION,
attr must be NULL and size must be 0.
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
---
man/man2/landlock_create_ruleset.2 | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man2/landlock_create_ruleset.2 b/man/man2/landlock_create_ruleset.2
index d4eb5d827656..dd14f0ceba7c 100644
--- a/man/man2/landlock_create_ruleset.2
+++ b/man/man2/landlock_create_ruleset.2
@@ -116,11 +116,7 @@ Otherwise,
can be set to:
.TP
.B LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_VERSION
-If
-.I attr
-is NULL and
-.I size
-is 0, then the returned value is the highest supported Landlock ABI version
+Return the highest supported Landlock ABI version
(starting at 1).
This version can be used for a best-effort security approach,
which is encouraged when user space is not pinned to a specific kernel
@@ -129,6 +125,15 @@ version.
Unless noted otherwise,
all features documented in these manual pages are available with the
version 1.
+.P
+If
+.B LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_VERSION
+is set,
+then
+.I attr
+must be NULL and
+.I size
+must be 0.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR landlock_create_ruleset ()
@@ -159,6 +164,14 @@ Unknown
or unknown access, or unknown scope, or too small
.IR size .
.TP
+.B EINVAL
+Non-NULL
+.I attr
+or non-zero
+.I size
+in combination with
+.BR LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_VERSION .
+.TP
.B ENOMSG
Empty accesses (i.e.,
.I attr
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 17:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 17:58 [PATCH v3 0/4] Update Landlock docs to Landlock ABI v8 Günther Noack
2026-04-21 17:58 ` Günther Noack [this message]
2026-04-21 17:58 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] man/man[27]/{landlock_create_ruleset.2,landlock.7}: Document LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_ERRATA Günther Noack
2026-04-21 17:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] man/man[27]/{landlock_restrict_self.2,landlock.7}: Document LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC (ABI v8) Günther Noack
2026-04-21 17:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] man/man2/landlock_restrict_self.2: Document ABI requirement for logging flags Günther Noack
2026-04-21 22:00 ` Alejandro Colomar
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