linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] encrypted-keys: remove trusted-keys dependency

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Date:	Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:46:26 -0400
From:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] encrypted-keys: remove trusted-keys dependency

On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 17:56 +0300, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 10:48 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > Encrypted keys are decrypted/encrypted using either a trusted-key or,
> > for those systems without a TPM, a user-defined key.  This patch
> > removes the trusted-keys and TCG_TPM dependencies.
> > 
> > Changelog v1:
> > - Fixed encrypted-keys move from security/keys to security/keys/encrypted-keys
> > - Removed trailing blank line
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
> > ---
> 
> Please look into using 'git mv' and the '--find-renames' option of git
> format-patch.
> 
> You just want to mark the files as moved, without ruining the entire
> history of the old files.
> 

Thanks for the tip. 'git blame' shows multiple commits, but perhaps if
encrypted-keys had a longer history some of it would have been lost.
I'll keep your suggestion in mind in the future.

thanks,

Mimi

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