From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
James Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com>,
Ke Wu <mikewu@google.com>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] loadpin: Fix stale KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG reference in documentation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 19:40:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b39a2199-fac2-4648-ad96-cfbf0232db3f@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260905013655.58665-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com>
On 9/4/26 6:36 PM, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> Commit 99d5cadfde2b ("kexec_file: split KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG into KEXEC_SIG
> and KEXEC_SIG_FORCE") removed CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG but left the
> LoadPin documentation pointing at it. Refer to CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG instead.
>
> While at it, clean up the grammar of the sentence.
>
> Fixes: 99d5cadfde2b ("kexec_file: split KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG into KEXEC_SIG and KEXEC_SIG_FORCE")
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Thanks.
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst
> index dd3ca68b5df1..a90fd9dac960 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst
> @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ sysctl allows for easy testing on systems with a mutable filesystem.)
> It's also possible to exclude specific file types from LoadPin using kernel
> command line option "``loadpin.exclude``". By default, all files are
> included, but they can be excluded using kernel command line option such
> -as "``loadpin.exclude=kernel-module,kexec-image``". This allows to use
> +as "``loadpin.exclude=kernel-module,kexec-image``". This allows using
> different mechanisms such as ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG`` and
> -``CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG`` to verify kernel module and kernel image while
> -still use LoadPin to protect the integrity of other files kernel loads. The
> -full list of valid file types can be found in ``kernel_read_file_str``
> -defined in ``include/linux/kernel_read_file.h``.
> +``CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG`` to verify kernel modules and kernel images while
> +still using LoadPin to protect the integrity of other files the kernel
> +loads. The full list of valid file types can be found in
> +``kernel_read_file_str`` defined in ``include/linux/kernel_read_file.h``.
--
~Randy
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2026-09-05 1:36 [PATCH] loadpin: Fix stale KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG reference in documentation Karl Mehltretter
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