2022-03-22 11:07:55

by Mickaël Salaün

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/1] Explain panic() calls for keyring initialization


On 21/03/2022 19:29, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-03-21 at 18:45 +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>>
>> Mickaël Salaün (1):
>> certs: Explain the rational to call panic()
>
> Nit: "rationale". Even in Simplified English, I believe "rational" is a
> completely different word.

Right, "rational" is an adjective.


>
>> certs/blacklist.c | 8 ++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> Also, isn't it about time we changed this to call it a denylist?
>

It is important to note that this word is part of the kernel ABI because
of the keyring name.