Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751344AbdI1Wxh (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:53:37 -0400 Received: from namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:50228 "EHLO namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750821AbdI1Wxg (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:53:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:53:28 +1000 (AEST) From: James Morris To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" cc: Linus Torvalds , David Howells , Eric Biggers , linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Herbert Xu , Andy Lutomirski Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] security: keys fixes for v4.14-rc3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LRH 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1062 Lines: 26 On Fri, 29 Sep 2017, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 12:33 AM, James Morris wrote: > > Generally speaking, we likely need to improve the amount of crypto review > > for kernel crypto users including keys (I'll post a note separately to > > ksummit-discuss). > > Indeed. > > I won't be at kernel summit, regrettably, but I do intend to > methodically work through the kernel reviewing the various crypto > [mis]uses in places. I also have some larger plans regarding reworking > a few aspects of the crypto API, that I'll start a discussion with > Herbert about during the next several months. (I'm CCing Andy because > this is something the two of us have also discussed.) > > So, expect some more things like this patch to gradually be rolling > your way, along with maybe larger overall changes. If you wind up > discussing this in any substantial way at the summit this year, please > do try to loop me in at some point. Absolutely. This is important work and great to hear! -- James Morris