Re: [PATCH] man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7: remove Secure Boot untruth

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Xiu,

On 2026-02-05T19:48:02+0800, Xiu Jianfeng wrote:
> On 2/4/2026 3:50 AM, Alyssa Ross wrote:
> > This is true for Fedora, where this page was sourced from, but I don't
> > believe it has ever been true for the mainline kernel, because Linus
> > rejected it.
> 
> Yeah, I also found this issue not long ago, but I haven't had time to submit
> a fix patch yet.
> 
> > 
> > Link: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2088704#p2088704
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFzYbpRAdma0PvqE+9ygySuKzNKByqOzzMufBoovXVnfPw@mail.gmail.com/
> > Fixes: bb509e6fc ("kernel_lockdown.7: New page documenting the Kernel Lockdown feature")
> > Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
> 
> I am not sure if appropriate to add my ACK here, if needed, feel free to
> add:
> 
> Acked-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@huawei.com>

It's appropriate.  Thanks!


Have a lovely day!
Alex

> 
> > ---
> >   man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 | 3 ---
> >   1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 b/man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> > index 5090484ea..5986c8f01 100644
> > --- a/man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> > +++ b/man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> > @@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ Lockdown: X: Y is restricted, see man kernel_lockdown.7
> >   .in
> >   .P
> >   where X indicates the process name and Y indicates what is restricted.
> > -.P
> > -On an EFI-enabled x86 or arm64 machine, lockdown will be automatically enabled
> > -if the system boots in EFI Secure Boot mode.
> >   .\"
> >   .SS Coverage
> >   When lockdown is in effect, a number of features are disabled or have their
> 
> 

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