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Date:   Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:20:41 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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        James Morris James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
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        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] TPM DEVICE DRIVER changes for v5.14
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On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:34:26AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 6:56 AM Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Contains bug fixes for TPM, and support for signing modules using elliptic
> > curve keys, which I promised to pick up to my tree.
> 
> I pulled this, but then I looked at the key type changes, and that
> made me so scared that I unpulled it again.
> 
> In particular, that code will do
> 
>     shell rm -f $(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY)
> 
> from the Makefile if some config options have changed.
> 
> That just seems too broken for words. Maybe I misunderstand this, but
> this really seems like an easy mistake might cause the kernel build to
> actively start removing some random user key files that the user
> pointed at previously.
> 
>                   Linus

Since there was still a new fix for the series [*], I'd rather refine
the pull request without these patches, and not risk them being blocker
for the rest of the commits.

[*] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/20210629201257.dr77kemy66mxpox5@kernel.org/

/Jarkko