linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: /proc/keys is not unconditionally available

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Date:	Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:50:49 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: /proc/keys is not unconditionally available

On Thu, 22 Jan 2015, David Howells wrote:

> > > Documentation/module-signing.txt file is referring to /proc/keys file in 
> > > order to view all keys contained in the kernel's keyring. That file is not 
> > > universally avialble when CONFIG_KEYS is enabled, which is confusing. The 
> > > fact that the option needed for this procfs interface to exist contains 
> > > "_DEBUG_" in its name makes it even more confusing. Document this fact.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> > 
> > Noone complained, but it doesn't seem to have made its way to linux-next 
> > either. I am now pushing it out to trivial.git.
> 
> Sorry, I should've dealt with this.  What we actually need to do is make
> /proc/keys unconditional as it's used by libkeyutils.

OK, I am dropping the documentation update. Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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