linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/24] Add the ability to lock down access to the running kernel image

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Message-ID: <20180411195615.GA6979@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 21:56:15 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-man@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        jmorris@...ei.org, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/24] Add the ability to lock down access to the running
 kernel image

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 08:50:00PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 7:37 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
> > On 04/11/2018 09:24 AM, David Howells wrote:
> >
> >> diff --git a/security/lock_down.c b/security/lock_down.c
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..f35ffdd096ad
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/security/lock_down.c
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
> >> +/* Lock down the kernel
> >> + *
> >> + * Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> >> + * Written by David Howells (dhowells@...hat.com)
> >> + *
> >> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> >> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
> >> + * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
> >> + * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
> >
> > fsf.org spells that Licence word as License. :)
> 
> Given this is a new file, simply use the SPF identifier on top.

checkpatch.pl should now check for this as well.