Re: [PATCH 1/2] security/keys: make big_key.c explicitly non-modular

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Feb 18 2016 - 10:08:39 EST


Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> config BIG_KEYS
> bool "Large payload keys"
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.
>
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag since all that information
> is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <james.l.morris@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: keyrings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I've applied this patch to my next tree.

David