[PATCH v8 09/17] KEYS: Rename get_builtin_and_secondary_restriction

Jarkko Sakkinen jarkko at kernel.org
Sat Dec 4 17:39:43 UTC 2021


On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 08:46:53AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-12-01 at 12:27 +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 05:21:45PM +0000, Eric Snowberg wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > On Nov 26, 2021, at 5:49 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 23:41 -0500, Eric Snowberg wrote:
> > > >> In preparation for returning either the existing
> > > >> restrict_link_by_builtin_and_secondary_trusted or the upcoming
> > > >> restriction that includes the trusted builtin, secondary and
> > > >> machine keys, to improve clarity, rename
> > > >> get_builtin_and_secondary_restriction to get_secondary_restriction.
> > > >> 
> > > >> Suggested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg at oracle.com>
> > > >> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
> > > >> ---
> > > >> v6: Initial version
> > > >> v7: Unmodified from v7
> > > >> v8: Code unmodified from v7, added Mimi's Reviewed-by
> > > >> ---
> > > >>  certs/system_keyring.c | 4 ++--
> > > >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >> 
> > > >> diff --git a/certs/system_keyring.c b/certs/system_keyring.c
> > > >> index 692365dee2bd..8f1f87579819 100644
> > > >> --- a/certs/system_keyring.c
> > > >> +++ b/certs/system_keyring.c
> > > >> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int restrict_link_by_builtin_and_secondary_trusted(
> > > >>   * Allocate a struct key_restriction for the "builtin and secondary trust"
> > > >>   * keyring. Only for use in system_trusted_keyring_init().
> > > >>   */
> > > >> -static __init struct key_restriction *get_builtin_and_secondary_restriction(void)
> > > >> +static __init struct key_restriction *get_secondary_restriction(void)
> > > >>  {
> > > >>         struct key_restriction *restriction;
> > > >>  
> > > >> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static __init int system_trusted_keyring_init(void)
> > > >>                                KEY_USR_VIEW | KEY_USR_READ | KEY_USR_SEARCH |
> > > >>                                KEY_USR_WRITE),
> > > >>                               KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA,
> > > >> -                             get_builtin_and_secondary_restriction(),
> > > >> +                             get_secondary_restriction(),
> > > >>                               NULL);
> > > >>         if (IS_ERR(secondary_trusted_keys))
> > > >>                 panic("Can't allocate secondary trusted keyring\n");
> > > > 
> > > > This is wrong order.
> > > > 
> > > > You should first do the changes that make the old name
> > > > obsolete and only after that have a patch that does the
> > > > rename. Unfortunately, this patch cannot possibly acked
> > > > with the current order.
> > >
> > > I can change the order, but I'm confused how this would work for a git bisect. 
> > > If the rename happens afterwards, now two patches will always need to be 
> > > reverted instead of the possibility of one.  Is this your expectation?
> 
> If the keyring name change is independent of any other changes, as
> Jarkko suggested, nothing would break.
> 
> > I'd drop this patch altogether. Old name is a bit ugly but does it matter
> > all that much?
> 
> The name "get_builtin_and_secondary_restriction" implies trust based on
> keys in the ".builtin_trusted_keys" and ".secondary_trusted_keys"
> keyrings.  This patch set is extending that to include keys on the new
> ".machine" keyring, by linking it to the secondary keyring.  Is leaving
> the name unchanged really an option?

Yes, it is an option, as long as it is documented correctly in the
prepending kdoc the symbol name does not matter all that much..

/Jarkko



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