Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: Only sign modules if built in-tree

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 07:26:55AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
>> > I prefer something like this (untested):
>> > 
>> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> > index 42d0e56..cb66c8d 100644
>> > --- a/Makefile
>> > +++ b/Makefile
>> > @@ -722,8 +722,14 @@ export mod_strip_cmd
>> >  ifeq ($(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG),y)
>> >  MODSECKEY = ./signing_key.priv
>> >  MODPUBKEY = ./signing_key.x509
>> > +ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
>> > +SIGNFAIL = false
>> > +else
>> > +# External builds might not have a signing key, don't break module_install.
>> > +SIGNFAIL = true
>> > +endif # KBUILD_EXTMOD
>> >  export MODPUBKEY
>> > -mod_sign_cmd = perl $(srctree)/scripts/sign-file $(MODSECKEY) $(MODPUBKEY)
>> > +mod_sign_cmd = perl $(srctree)/scripts/sign-file $(MODSECKEY) $(MODPUBKEY) || $(SIGNFAIL)
>> >  else
>> >  mod_sign_cmd = true
>> >  endif
>> 
>> OK.  I'll give this a spin locally today, but at first glance it seems
>> like it would do the same.
>
> We need to put $(SIGNFAIL) before the perl script invocation or we get
> errors because mod_sign_cmd is passed an argument and sign-file is
> treating the "|| $(SIGNFAIL)" as something it's passed.  That was the
> only change I needed to make and it works as expected.
>
> Do you want me to send a v2 of the patch, or will you add it yourself
> given you've basically written the code?  Either way works for me.

Please re-submit.

Thanks,
Rusty.