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Message-ID: <71396370-b68d-1409-fa08-0020c6417f34@al2klimov.de>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 20:15:38 +0200
From:   "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
To:     Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:     lee.jones@...aro.org, daniel.thompson@...aro.org,
        jingoohan1@...il.com, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: BACKLIGHT
 CLASS/SUBSYSTEM

Am 10.07.20 um 19:35 schrieb Sam Ravnborg:
> Hi Alexander.
Hi,

> 
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:38:47PM +0200, Alexander A. Klimov wrote:
>> Rationale:
>> Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM
>> as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate.
>>
>> Deterministic algorithm:
>> For each file:
>>    If not .svg:
>>      For each line:
>>        If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`:
>>          For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`:
>> 	  If neither `\bgnu\.org/license`, nor `\bmozilla\.org/MPL\b`:
>>              If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions
>>              return 200 OK and serve the same content:
>>                Replace HTTP with HTTPS.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
>> ---
>>   Continuing my work started at 93431e0607e5.
>>   See also: git log --oneline '--author=Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@...klimov.de>' v5.7..master
>>   (Actually letting a shell for loop submit all this stuff for me.)
>>
>>   If there are any URLs to be removed completely or at least not HTTPSified:
>>   Just clearly say so and I'll *undo my change*.
>>   See also: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/27/64
>>
>>   If there are any valid, but yet not changed URLs:
>>   See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/26/837
>>
>>   If you apply the patch, please let me know.
>>
>>
>>   drivers/video/backlight/led_bl.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/led_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/led_bl.c
>> index 3f66549997c8..2c48957e9b60 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/led_bl.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/led_bl.c
>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>>   // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>   /*
>> - * Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Texas Instruments Incorporated -  http://www.ti.com/
>> + * Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Texas Instruments Incorporated -  https://www.ti.com/
>>    * Author: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
>>    *
>>    * Based on pwm_bl.c
> 
> $grep http drivers/video/backlight/*
> drivers/video/backlight/cr_bllcd.c: * Intel funded Tungsten Graphics (http://www.tungstengraphics.com) to
> drivers/video/backlight/ili9320.c: *	http://armlinux.simtec.co.uk/
> drivers/video/backlight/ili9320.h: * http://armlinux.simtec.co.uk/
> drivers/video/backlight/led_bl.c: * Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Texas Instruments Incorporated -  http://www.ti.com/
> drivers/video/backlight/vgg2432a4.c: *	http://armlinux.simtec.co.uk/
> 
> Why are they not covered?
Didn't check them, but likely because they're new.

Don't worry, I'll do a second scan once the results of this one get into 
master.

> 
> 	Sam
> 
> 
>> -- 
>> 2.27.0
>>
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