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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fscrypt: support trusted keys
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To:     Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
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On Tue, 2021-08-17 at 16:13 +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> On 17.08.21 15:55, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > I have no opinion as to whether this is/isn't a valid usecase.
> 
> So you'd be fine with merging trusted key support as is and leave encrypted
> key support to someone who has a valid use case and wants to argue
> in its favor?

That decision as to whether it makes sense to support trusted keys
directly, based on the new trust sources, is a decision left up to the
maintainer(s) of the new usecase and the new trust sources maintainer
Jarkko.

thanks,

Mimi