linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2] fw_lockdown: new micro LSM module to prevent loading unsigned firmware

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Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:58:45 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
cc:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        linux-integrity <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Kyle McMartin <kyle@...nel.org>,
        Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
        Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "AKASHI, Takahiro" <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] fw_lockdown: new micro LSM module to prevent
 loading unsigned firmware

On Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> > > > -#define SECURITY_NAME_MAX	10
> > > > +#define SECURITY_NAME_MAX	15
> > > 
> > > Should this small hunk be a separate atomic patch?
> > 
> > I thought about it, but this is the first and only LSM with a larger
> > name.
> 
> Maybe the commit log should mention that then.

Actually, make it a separate patch, so we can easily pinpoint the commit.

-- 
James Morris
<james.l.morris@...cle.com>