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Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2022 08:15:40 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] security/keys: Remove inconsistent __user annotation

On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 07:05:55AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/7/22 05:12, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
> > The declaration of keyring_read does not match the definition
> > (security/keys/keyring.c). In this case the definition is correct
> > because it matches what defined in "struct key_type::read"
> > (linux/key-type.h).
> > 
> > Fix the declaration removing the inconsistent __user annotation.
> > 
> > Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
> > Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
> > ---
> > Note: This issue was discovered during the porting of the linux kernel
> > on Morello [1].
> > 
> > [1] https://git.morello-project.org/morello/kernel/linux
> 
> FTR, I have sent this same patch 3 times.
> Good luck.
> 
Right.

I'll pick this to my tree https://lore.kernel.org/keyrings/20220830191940.1498-1-rdunlap@infradead.org/

And need to clearly sync up better with David.

BR, Jarkko