Re: [PATCH] crash_dump: Fix typo in function name read_key_from_user_keying

From: Baoquan He

Date: Sun Mar 01 2026 - 22:28:53 EST


On 02/28/26 at 12:04am, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> The function read_key_from_user_keying() is missing an 'r' in its name.
> Fix the typo by renaming it to read_key_from_user_keyring().
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
> index 27a144920562..dcb69e96c6ff 100644
> --- a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
> +++ b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static int restore_dm_crypt_keys_to_thread_keyring(void)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static int read_key_from_user_keying(struct dm_crypt_key *dm_key)
> +static int read_key_from_user_keyring(struct dm_crypt_key *dm_key)

Good catch.

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>

By the way, it's better to wrap these cleanup/fix patches into a
patchset for easier reviewing and merging when you are exploring code
flow of one feature/component. Anyway, thanks.

> {
> const struct user_key_payload *ukp;
> struct key *key;
> @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int build_keys_header(void)
>
> strscpy(keys_header->keys[i].key_desc, key->description,
> KEY_DESC_MAX_LEN);
> - r = read_key_from_user_keying(&keys_header->keys[i]);
> + r = read_key_from_user_keyring(&keys_header->keys[i]);
> if (r != 0) {
> kexec_dprintk("Failed to read key %s\n",
> keys_header->keys[i].key_desc);
> --
> Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> GPG: 1D60 735E 8AEF 3BE4 73B6 9D84 7336 78FD 8DFE EAD4
>
>