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request_key.2: srcfix: FIXME tidyup 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-10-29 11:03:30 +02:00
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@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ attached to the calling process.
The keyrings are searched in the order: thread-specific keyring,
process-specific keyring, and then session keyring.
.P
.\" FIXME: The following paragraph could be clearer
.\" FIXME: The following paragraph could be clearer. What precisely is
.\" the scenario here?
If
.BR request_key ()
is called from a program invoked by
@ -223,8 +224,9 @@ and a temporary negative key will be installed in the keyring specified by
.\" as specified by KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING.
This will expire after a few seconds, but will cause subsequent calls to
.BR request_key ()
.\" FIXME Need an explanation here of why this is done.
to fail until it does.
.\" FIXME Need an explanation above of why we want to use a temporary
.\" negative key to cause subsequent calls to request_key() to fail.
If a key is created, then\(emregardless of whether it is a valid key or
a negative key\(emit will displace any other key with