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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm b/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm
index 201d10319fa1..3c477ba48a31 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm
@@ -17,26 +17,33 @@ Description:
echoing a value to <securityfs>/evm made up of the
following bits:
+ === ==================================================
Bit Effect
+ === ==================================================
0 Enable HMAC validation and creation
1 Enable digital signature validation
2 Permit modification of EVM-protected metadata at
runtime. Not supported if HMAC validation and
creation is enabled.
31 Disable further runtime modification of EVM policy
+ === ==================================================
- For example:
+ For example::
- echo 1 ><securityfs>/evm
+ echo 1 ><securityfs>/evm
will enable HMAC validation and creation
- echo 0x80000003 ><securityfs>/evm
+ ::
+
+ echo 0x80000003 ><securityfs>/evm
will enable HMAC and digital signature validation and
HMAC creation and disable all further modification of policy.
- echo 0x80000006 ><securityfs>/evm
+ ::
+
+ echo 0x80000006 ><securityfs>/evm
will enable digital signature validation, permit
modification of EVM-protected metadata and
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ Description:
Shows the set of extended attributes used to calculate or
validate the EVM signature, and allows additional attributes
to be added at runtime. Any signatures generated after
- additional attributes are added (and on files posessing those
+ additional attributes are added (and on files possessing those
additional attributes) will only be valid if the same
additional attributes are configured on system boot. Writing
a single period (.) will lock the xattr list from any further