linux-kernel - Re: RFC: sign the modules at install time

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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:44:54 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: sign the modules at install time

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> It really should work fine with the much simplified module-signing
> rules too.

Actually, my "much simplified modules-install" is a bit broken.

It worked for me last time (I'm running that kernel and modules now),
but I  just triggered a

  INSTALL Documentation/connector/cn_test.ko
  Can't read Signer name

error.

My patch is broken, and I simplified a bit *too* much. In particular
the .signer and .keyid logic got thrown out with the bathwater.

I just hadn't noticed until I did a "git clean", because the old
signer/keyid files had stayed around, hiding the breakage.

I'll send out a fixed patch asap,

            Linus
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