linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 21/26] powerpc/pseries: Clarify warning when PLPKS password already set

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Message-ID: <12489e5124f4873c534eb92bcf4b11f510d27855.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:26:51 +1100
From:   Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ruscur@...sell.cc, bgray@...ux.ibm.com, nayna@...ux.ibm.com,
        gcwilson@...ux.ibm.com, gjoyce@...ux.ibm.com, brking@...ux.ibm.com,
        sudhakar@...ux.ibm.com, erichte@...ux.ibm.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        zohar@...ux.ibm.com, joel@....id.au, npiggin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 21/26] powerpc/pseries: Clarify warning when PLPKS
 password already set

On Fri, 2023-02-10 at 15:47 -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/10/23 03:03, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> > When the H_PKS_GEN_PASSWORD hcall returns H_IN_USE, operations that
> > require
> > authentication (i.e. anything other than reading a world-readable
> > variable)
> > will not work.
> > 
> > The current error message doesn't explain this clearly enough.
> > Reword it
> > to emphasise that authenticated operations will fail.
> 
> typo: -> emphasize

This commit message was written in en_AU. ;)

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