On Wed Sep 25, 2024 at 7:53 PM EEST, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 12:05:59PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > On Wed Sep 25, 2024 at 11:03 AM EEST, Milan Broz wrote: > > > >> Doesn't dm-verity have a maintainer? > > > > > > (This reminds me of a nice comment from Neil about "little walled > > > gardens" between MD & DM. Apparently it applies to other subsystems > > > as well. Sorry, I couldn't resist to mention it :-) > > > > Np, it's just that last and only time I've ever read anything about > > dm-verity was 2011 article :-) > > > > I will rephrase question: does dm-verity have a user? ;-) > > > > BR, Jarkko > > Sorry if I was unclear. dm-verity is widely used, including by all Android and > Chrome OS devices. But this patch is about dm-verity's in-kernel signature > verification which is an optional sub-feature that is not widely used. That > sub-feature is apparently difficult to test and not clearly specified, which is > why people seem to be struggling a bit with this patch. NP, I learned a new thing ;-) Before Linux I worked with Symbian (ugh) so this whole scheme for doing FW updates is familiar to me from the dark ages... And I acked the change too! > - Eric BR, Jarkko
