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keyctl.2: srcfix: FIXME 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-11-07 14:25:00 +01:00
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@ -561,6 +561,11 @@ The descriptive string is written with the following format:
In particular, the
.IR description
field will not contain semicolons;
.\" FIXME But, the kernel does not enforce the requirement
.\" that the key description contains no semicolons!
.\" So, user space has no guarantee here??
.\" Either something more needs to be said here,
.\" or a kernel fix is required.
it should be parsed by working backwards from the end of the string
to find the last semicolon.
This allows future semicolon-delimited fields to be inserted