When the H_PKS_GEN_PASSWORD hcall returns H_IN_USE, operations that require authentication (i.e. anything other than reading a world-readable variable) will not work. The current error message doesn't explain this clearly enough. Reword it to emphasise that authenticated operations will fail. Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v6: New patch --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c index 926b6a927326..01ae919b4497 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int plpks_gen_password(void) memcpy(ospassword, password, ospasswordlength); } else { if (rc == H_IN_USE) { - pr_warn("Password is already set for POWER LPAR Platform KeyStore\n"); + pr_warn("Password already set - authenticated operations will fail\n"); rc = 0; } else { goto out; -- 2.39.1