[PATCH v5 0/5] Lazy flush for the auth session

Jarkko Sakkinen jarkko at kernel.org
Tue Oct 15 22:14:22 UTC 2024


On Tue Oct 15, 2024 at 11:08 PM EEST, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > > > since the feature itself is useful objectively, and make sure
> > > > that those fixes bring the wanted results.
>
> The right thing would have been to listen to my concerns when this was initially
> being discussed.  The right thing wasn't enabling TCG_TPM2_HMAC by default.

This is debatable as for laptops and desktops having hard drive
encryption do benefit with this. If systemd hadn't added
systemd-cryptenroll I would agree with this. I learned about this
feature two years after its inception in that project, so we needed to
address this as a priority (I did not and will not follow systemd
development proactively, as don't have time for that).

I feel more safe using my laptop with the feature in place at least.

Besides, it is complicated feature enough that it would have been
impossible ever "zero glitch" land it. I don't think there is any
rigid "data centers first" rule really, except maybe for those
businesses that run data centers (and I'm not one of those
businesses).

BR, Jarkko



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