linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for v5.9] ARM: dts: efm32: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Date:   Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:57:32 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for v5.9] ARM: dts: efm32: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS
 ones

Hello,

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 11:59:58AM +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.

I would have described this in prose instead. (Something like: Replace
http: URL scheme with https:. As of today the old and new URLs result in
the same content to be accessed.)

Other than that:

Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-efm32/Makefile.boot b/arch/arm/mach-efm32/Makefile.boot
> index cec195d4fcba..5dde7328a7a9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-efm32/Makefile.boot
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-efm32/Makefile.boot
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  # Empty file waiting for deletion once Makefile.boot isn't needed any more.
>  # Patch waits for application at
> -# http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/viewpatch.php?id=7889/1 .
> +# https://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/viewpatch.php?id=7889/1 .

:-|

Best regards
Uwe

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