linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] ima: bug fixes for Linus

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Date:	Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:14:44 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ima: bug fixes for Linus

On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Mimi Zohar wrote:

> On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 09:44 +1100, James Morris wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi James,
> > > 
> > > Linus has already reverted the trusted keyring support for IMA patches.
> > > These patches are re-based on -rc1.
> > > 
> > > The following changes since commit 4c1cc40a2d49500d84038ff751bc6cd183e729b5:
> > > 
> > >   Revert "KEYS: verify a certificate is signed by a 'trusted' key" (2013-11-23 16:38:17 -0800)
> > > 
> > > are available in the git repository at:
> > > 
> > >   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity for-linus
> > > 
> > > for you to fetch changes up to 3eeb2d63ab623be55bb2ff584e123c0df45691e3:
> > > 
> > >   ima: make a copy of template_fmt in template_desc_init_fields() (2013-11-24 00:29:23 -0500)
> > > 
> > 
> > I don't understand -- are these all fixes for regressions in the new 
> > kernel?
> 
> Yes, mostly.  There's one code cleanup, that could be deferred and a
> documentation update.

Can we leave documentation and code cleanups to the next cycle and only 
include essential fixes for regressions at this stage?

Also, please identify which upstream commits specifically are fixed by 
each patch.


- James

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James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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