linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] security: keys updates for v4.20

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.21.1811030513480.31297@namei.org>
Date:   Sat, 3 Nov 2018 05:15:47 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] security: keys updates for v4.20

On Thu, 1 Nov 2018, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 2:36 AM James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:
> >
> > From David: "Provide five new operations in the key_type struct that can
> > be used to provide access to asymmetric key operations.  These will be
> > implemented for the asymmetric key type in a later patch and may refer to
> > a key retained in RAM by the kernel or a key retained in crypto hardware.
> 
> Pulled.
> 
> However. I really would have expected some of the TPM people to have
> acked these, or at least looked at them. There was no sign of that in
> any of the tpm commits that I could see..
> 
> Hmm?

Good poin.  I'll ensure the linux-integrity list (now cc'd) is always 
included when asking for review of code which touches TPM.

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>