From: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 20:11:12 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: TIOCSTI: Document CAP_SYS_ADMIN behaviour in Kconfig
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TIOCSTI: Document CAP_SYS_ADMIN behaviour in Kconfig

Clarifies that the LEGACY_TIOCSTI setting is safe to turn off even
when running BRLTTY, as it was introduced in commit 690c8b804ad2
("TIOCSTI: always enable for CAP_SYS_ADMIN").

Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230808201115.23993-1-gnoack3000@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/tty/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/Kconfig
index 341abaed4ce2c..069de553127c4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/Kconfig
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ config LEGACY_TIOCSTI
 	  userspace depends on this functionality to continue operating
 	  normally.
 
+	  Processes which run with CAP_SYS_ADMIN, such as BRLTTY, can
+	  use TIOCSTI even when this is set to N.
+
 	  This functionality can be changed at runtime with the
 	  dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti sysctl. This configuration option sets
 	  the default value of the sysctl.