Re: [PATCH v9 07/14] module: Move extra signature support out of core code

From: Aaron Tomlin
Date: Wed Mar 02 2022 - 08:33:38 EST


On Wed 2022-03-02 08:08 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > +bool is_module_sig_enforced(void)
> > +{
> > + return sig_enforce;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(is_module_sig_enforced);
>
> As reported by the test robot, that's not enough.

Hi Christophe,

Thanks for testing this.

> When it was in main.c, is_module_sig_enforced() was build as soon as
> CONFIG_MODULES was set.
> Now it is only built when CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is selected,

Agreed.

> so you have to modify include/linux/modules.h and have the stub
> is_module_sig_enforced() when CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is not selected and not
> only when CONFIG_MODULES is not selected.

Sure: when Kconfig CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is not selected.

Luis,

I can see that the latest series is in mcgrof/modules-testing.
Should I address the above as a separate patch with "Fixes:" or
provide a whole new series, with the fix within the same patch?
In my opinion, another iteration would be cleaner.


Kind regards,

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Aaron Tomlin