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Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:08:29 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] security/keys: make big_key.c explicitly non-modular

Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> config BIG_KEYS
>         bool "Large payload keys"
> 
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
> 
> Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
> 
> Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.
> 
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag since all that information
> is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> 
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Cc: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
> Cc: keyrings@...ux-nfs.org
> Cc: linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

I've applied this patch to my next tree.

David