From 3d4f67dd5d2e2d70ee4499e399b51a7fb116eb6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:26:15 +0200 Subject: request_key.2: Clarify that search of keyring tree is breadth-first Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/request_key.2 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'man2/request_key.2') diff --git a/man2/request_key.2 b/man2/request_key.2 index 5e466cac93..ef07a47cb1 100644 --- a/man2/request_key.2 +++ b/man2/request_key.2 @@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ other process will be searched next, using that other process's user ID, group ID, supplementary group IDs, and security context to control access. .P -The keys in each keyring searched are checked for a match before any child +The search of the keyring tree is breadth-first: +the keys in each keyring searched are checked for a match before any child keyrings are recursed into. Only keys that are .B searchable -- cgit 1.2.3-korg