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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:24:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: remove use of the term 'whitelist' from cgroup docs
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The term "access control list" better describes the concept involved.
Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé
---
docs/drvqemu.html.in | 12 ++++++------
docs/kbase/qemu-passthrough-security.rst | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/drvqemu.html.in b/docs/drvqemu.html.in
index b6d731bb59..31d3fee213 100644
--- a/docs/drvqemu.html.in
+++ b/docs/drvqemu.html.in
@@ -468,12 +468,12 @@ chmod o+x /path/to/directory
for resource management. It is implemented via a number of "controllers",
each controller covering a specific task/functional area. One of the
available controllers is the "devices" controller, which is able to
- setup whitelists of block/character devices that a cgroup should be
- allowed to access. If the "devices" controller is mounted on a host,
- then libvirt will automatically create a dedicated cgroup for each
- QEMU virtual machine and setup the device whitelist so that the QEMU
- process can only access shared devices, and explicitly disks images
- backed by block devices.
+ setup access control lists of block/character devices that a cgroup
+ should be allowed to access. If the "devices" controller is mounted on a
+ host, then libvirt will automatically create a dedicated cgroup for each
+ QEMU virtual machine and setup the device access control list so that the
+ QEMU process can only access shared devices, and explicitly assigned disks
+ images backed by block devices.
diff --git a/docs/kbase/qemu-passthrough-security.rst b/docs/kbase/qemu-passthrough-security.rst
index 5f761cbfcb..4381d9f3a6 100644
--- a/docs/kbase/qemu-passthrough-security.rst
+++ b/docs/kbase/qemu-passthrough-security.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Granting access per VM
policy on a per VM basis.
* Cgroups - a custom cgroup is created per VM and this will either use the
- ``devices`` controller or an ``BPF`` rule to whitelist a set of device nodes.
+ ``devices`` controller or an ``BPF`` rule to define an access control list
+ for the set of device nodes.
There is no way to change this policy on a per VM basis.
Disabling security protection per VM
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