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authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>2023-12-05 16:21:27 -0800
committerEric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>2023-12-09 12:38:16 -0800
commit0fc24a6549f9b6efc538b67a098ab577b1f9a00e (patch)
tree880b85f9784ad0a82dfa0e04a1817492a1252730 /fs/crypto
parent33318c0e6ba64876050def6432f80387c89d0fe6 (diff)
downloadlinux-0fc24a6549f9b6efc538b67a098ab577b1f9a00e.tar.gz
fscrypt: update comment for do_remove_key()
Adjust a comment that was missed during commit 15baf55481de ("fscrypt: track master key presence separately from secret"). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231206002127.14790-1-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/crypto')
-rw-r--r--fs/crypto/keyring.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/crypto/keyring.c b/fs/crypto/keyring.c
index f34a9b0b9e922..0edf0b58daa76 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/keyring.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/keyring.c
@@ -1002,9 +1002,9 @@ static int try_to_lock_encrypted_files(struct super_block *sb,
* FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS (all_users=true) always removes the
* key itself.
*
- * To "remove the key itself", first we wipe the actual master key secret, so
- * that no more inodes can be unlocked with it. Then we try to evict all cached
- * inodes that had been unlocked with the key.
+ * To "remove the key itself", first we transition the key to the "incompletely
+ * removed" state, so that no more inodes can be unlocked with it. Then we try
+ * to evict all cached inodes that had been unlocked with the key.
*
* If all inodes were evicted, then we unlink the fscrypt_master_key from the
* keyring. Otherwise it remains in the keyring in the "incompletely removed"