linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] keys: update key quotas in key

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:37:38 +0000
From: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...ux.dev>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,  Eric Biggers
 <ebiggers@...nel.org>,  keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] keys: update key quotas in key_put()

Luis Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de> writes:

> David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> writes:
>
>> Luis Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Delaying key quotas update when key's refcount reaches 0 in key_put() has
>>> been causing some issues in fscrypt testing, specifically in fstest
>>> generic/581.  This commit fixes this test flakiness by dealing with the
>>> quotas immediately, and leaving all the other clean-ups to the key garbage
>>> collector.
>>
>> Okay, I'll accept this.
>>
>
> That's awesome, thanks a lot David.  And, as Eric requested, I'll send out
> shortly a follow-up fscrypt-specific patch, which will make generic/581
> fstest finally pass.

Ping.  Looks like this fell through the cracks...?

I took a quick look at some git trees ('jarkko' and 'dhowells') but
couldn't see this patch anywhere.

Cheers,
-- 
Luís