linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 4/7] sign-file: add support to sign modules in bulk

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Date:   Sun, 13 Aug 2023 21:26:58 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Shreenidhi Shedi <yesshedi@...il.com>, dhowells@...hat.com,
        dwmw2@...radead.org, nathan@...nel.org, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
        nicolas@...sle.eu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sshedi@...are.com,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 4/7] sign-file: add support to sign modules in bulk

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 6:10 AM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 10:52:07PM +0530, Shreenidhi Shedi wrote:
> > In the existing system, we need to invoke sign-file binary for every
> > module we want to sign. This patch adds support to give modules list
> > in bulk and it will sign them all one by one.
>
> But you never actually use this option in the kernel build process?  If
> not, why add this at all?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h


Agree.
The bulk-sign flag is never used in the upstream kernel.
We cannot accept this.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada