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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-18 21:13:20 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-18 21:13:20 +0200
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Merge branch 'linus' into core/generic-dma-coherent
Conflicts: kernel/Makefile Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt b/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt
index 4dcea42432c..7cc6e6a6067 100644
--- a/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ either an integer or * for all. Access is a composition of r
The root device cgroup starts with rwm to 'all'. A child device
cgroup gets a copy of the parent. Administrators can then remove
devices from the whitelist or add new entries. A child cgroup can
-never receive a device access which is denied its parent. However
+never receive a device access which is denied by its parent. However
when a device access is removed from a parent it will not also be
removed from the child(ren).
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ allows cgroup 1 to read and mknod the device usually known as
echo a > /cgroups/1/devices.deny
-will remove the default 'a *:* mrw' entry.
+will remove the default 'a *:* rwm' entry. Doing
+
+ echo a > /cgroups/1/devices.allow
+
+will add the 'a *:* rwm' entry to the whitelist.
3. Security