From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EB967D04D for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2019 17:59:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726891AbfCHR7D (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Mar 2019 12:59:03 -0500 Received: from mail-qk1-f194.google.com ([209.85.222.194]:38684 "EHLO mail-qk1-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726452AbfCHR7C (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Mar 2019 12:59:02 -0500 Received: by mail-qk1-f194.google.com with SMTP id z3so4477865qkf.5 for ; Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:59:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=joelfernandes.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=W1f5Wda2J5uNjk6aESlDfe8IAn1m1fVzVi5fETvAmjo=; b=PGGluBavue/FAI7gDizroJBHQxP2yBnK2z4wjABJrLUhGG+lKAcIgE/dHw260BRckE LUUh60Jmy/fgTOVDMDxthpTxwlmPRrVk8lwop0ekHWI6savbJLDZZHCyFja7GoEYYfnR O9thZOeAIs7VI3jjClE40IXZ/fVXQYvpdkw84= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=W1f5Wda2J5uNjk6aESlDfe8IAn1m1fVzVi5fETvAmjo=; b=ptSmFGf4rNxxmkri0/yU53ujK+JXZCSOr4UUuViB2/Ek2sLT6Oeau4+0/CjyrPxK+M t/qWhVZlN4NpyRN8MDphQ6Ucvq4zWI44LJoj4z5Xwdh0AFr4jZiy9dwStZAd2mH7xRO3 D/fRaS80igGtQSkYsPKzlapQCKCiPM/QRI2lvDRVlM6pqiIRw/o+UXqnO8ik2d2hJjRo aRzmNZJ/d2zdFIrKLhPboCzBsa51zpwgZ/8Gd6ULBlxe+4Nsatav71GNuOzYATF1IObM 4e8gJCsJgrLhe34enAekuiefvMrZJ96c8j2DRy0cRYQ+TsS3oCiPoT5blY1aDvC2xGZH Terw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUA+FHYP+fq70jrYXXmn3xjzzTcxnWY9gvtT9Cli4qKKcAPBCVH TxD37U/kDtzUba26e+OEoRbL9w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyxAp+nrfAmh3cy9iq/s8pjc1oQSBMr9XJPCFUq9bjr267Tb8UFa4wFNjMihP1nP0zDc9VRMw== X-Received: by 2002:a37:7cf:: with SMTP id 198mr15094454qkh.173.1552067941484; Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:59:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([2620:0:1004:1100:cca9:fccc:8667:9bdc]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j17sm2061239qtj.61.2019.03.08.09.59.00 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:59:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 12:58:59 -0500 From: Joel Fernandes To: Greg KH Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , LKML , Andrew Morton , Alexei Starovoitov , atish patra , Daniel Colascione , Dan Williams , Dietmar Eggemann , Guenter Roeck , Jonathan Corbet , Karim Yaghmour , Kees Cook , Android Kernel Team , "open list:DOCUMENTATION" , "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" , linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org, Manoj Rao , Masahiro Yamada , Masami Hiramatsu , Qais Yousef , Randy Dunlap , Steven Rostedt , Shuah Khan , Yonghong Song Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel Message-ID: <20190308175859.GA61742@google.com> References: <20190301160856.129678-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> <20190307150343.GB258852@google.com> <20190308140251.GC25768@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190308140251.GC25768@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 03:02:51PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 05:42:32AM -0800, Joel Fernandes wrote: > > HI Geert, > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 3:53 AM Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > It is just so much easier to use tar + xz at build time, and leave the > > > > decompression task to the user. After decompression, the files will live on > > > > the disk and the page-cache mechanism will free memory when/if the files fall > > > > off the LRUs. > > > > > > I'm also considering how generic and extensible the solution is. > > > What if people need other build artifacts in the future (e.g. signing key to > > > load signed modules)? > > > > That sounds like it could be useful. I don't see any reason off the > > top why that would not be possible to add to the list of archived > > files in the future. The patch allows populating the list of files > > from Kbuild using ikh_file_list variable. > > Um, no, you don't want the signing key in the kernel itself, as that > totally defeats the purpose of the signing key :) *Bangs self to desk*. You are right, didn't think that one through ;) By the way, my v5 is ready to send. But I am avoiding sending it due to the merge window going on. I posted it yesterday in this thread as well: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/comment/1241077/ This is likely to be the final version or so, unless Masahiro or you or other reviewers have any more comments. thanks, - Joel