Re: [PATCH] Documentation: fix typo and formattting in security/credentials.rst

[John Doe <drapl0n.kernel@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 05:36:53PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 5/6/26 3:59 PM, Mayank Gite wrote:
> > - Fixes a typo in "Keys and keyrings" section. Replaces "keying" with
> >   "keyring".
> > - Updates formatting of keyring types.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mayank Gite <drapl0n.kernel@gmail.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> 
> > ---
> In the future, right here, after that "---" line, it should say
> something like
> 
> v2: use 'git send-email' so that that patch isn't corrupted
> 
> and in the Subject: it should say
> [PATCH v2] ...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> >  Documentation/security/credentials.rst | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst
> > index d0191c8b8060..4996838491b1 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst
> > @@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ The Linux kernel supports the following types of credentials:
> >       be searched for the desired key.  Each process may subscribe to a number
> >       of keyrings:
> >  
> > -	Per-thread keying
> > -	Per-process keyring
> > -	Per-session keyring
> > +	- Per-thread keyring
> > +	- Per-process keyring
> > +	- Per-session keyring
> >  
> >       When a process accesses a key, if not already present, it will normally be
> >       cached on one of these keyrings for future accesses to find.
> 
> -- 
> ~Randy

Hi,

Thank you for the feedback and acknowledgment. I thought that since my
earlier patch was invalid/corrupted, I should submit a new one rather than
version 2.

I understand the procedure now and will ensure that future revisions follow
the guidelines.

Thanks.