Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC 05/12] integrity: Introduce mok keyring | From | Eric Snowberg <> | Date | Wed, 7 Jul 2021 16:32:17 -0600 |
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> On Jul 7, 2021, at 3:26 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 12:31:23PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 7:45 PM Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@oracle.com> wrote: >>> >>> Introduce a new keyring called mok. This keyring will be used during >>> boot. Afterwards it will be destroyed. >> >> Already discussed elsewhere, but yeah, when using TLA's, unless they >> are universally understood (like "CPU" or "TLB" or whatever), please >> spell them out somewhere for people who don't have the background. >> >> I saw that you said elsewhere that MOK is "Machine Owner Key", but >> please let's just have that in the sources and commit messages at >> least for the original new code cases. >> >> Maybe it becomes obvious over time as there is more history to the >> code, but when you literally introduce a new concept, please spell it >> out. >> >> Linus >> > I'd suggest for the short summary: > > "integrity: Introduce a Linux keyring for the Machine Owner Key (MOK)" > > Given that "keyring" is such a saturated and ambiguous word, and this not a > subsystem patch for keyring itself, it should be explicit what is meant by > a keyring.
If we can go in this direction, I will update the heading as Jarkko has suggested in a follow on series. I will also include a better summary in this patch, along with a MOK explanation at the beginning. Thanks.
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