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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] [FIXED v2] Replace magic for trusting the secondary keyring with #define
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 04:02:59PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> On 08/16/18 at 09:43am, Yannik Sembritzki wrote:
> > On 16.08.2018 03:11, Dave Young wrote:
> > > Instead of fix your 1st patch in 2nd patch, I would suggest to
> > > switch the patch order. In 1st patch change the common code to use
> > > the new macro and in 2nd patch you can directly fix the kexec code
> > > with TRUST_SECONDARY_KEYRING.
> > My reasoning for doing it in this order was that the first patch which
> > fixes the bug itself should be merged into stable, while the refactoring
> > doesn't necessarily have to. I'm not familiar with the linux development
> > process, so please correct me if this should be done in another fashion.
>
> Frankly I'm not sure about the stable process. But personally I do not
> like the order.
>
> Cced Greg for opinions about stable concern.

It's up to what the maintainer of the subsystem wants to do here. I
will take what they recommend.

thanks,

greg k-h

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