linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: Change default key details [ver #2]

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Date:	Sat, 02 May 2015 05:46:17 -0400
From:	Abelardo Ricart III <aricart@...nix.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: Change default key details [ver #2]

On Fri, 2015-05-01 at 21:12 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So we shouldn't warn about this. The "generate random key" should be
> the normal action for just about everybody but actual preduction
> vendor builds. It's definitely not an error condition.

Since this patch fixes the unexpected build behavior, I 
agree such a warning would be unnecessary. Removed.


Signed-off-by: Abelardo Ricart III <aricart@...nix.com>
---

diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 1408b33..81d3df9 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ ifndef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_HASH
 $(error Could not determine digest type to use from kernel config)
 endif
 
-signing_key.priv signing_key.x509: x509.genkey
+signing_key.priv signing_key.x509: | x509.genkey
        @echo "###"
        @echo "### Now generating an X.509 key pair to be used for signing modules."
        @echo "###"
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