linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7 0/3] Kernel Live Patching

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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:13:28 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, kpatch@...hat.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 0/3] Kernel Live Patching

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, Balbir Singh wrote:
>
>> Could you describe what this does to signing? I presume the patched
>> module should cause a taint on module signing?
>
> Hmm, why should it?
>

I wanted to clarify it from a different perspective

If the base image is signed by X and the patched module is signed by
Y, is that supported. What does it imply in the case of live-patching?

Balbir Singh
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