Re: [GRUB PATCH RFC 12/18] i386/efi: Report UEFI Secure Boot status to the Linux kernel

[Daniel Kiper]

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 11:36:49AM -0700, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 6:33 AM Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 10:29:05AM -0700, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 4:25 PM Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise the kernel does not know its state and cannot enable various
> > > > security features depending on UEFI Secure Boot.
> > >
> > > I think this needs more context. If the kernel is loaded via the EFI
> > > boot stub, the kernel is aware of the UEFI secure boot state. Why
> > > duplicate this functionality in order to avoid the EFI stub?
> >
> > It seems to me that this issue was discussed here [1] and here [2].
> > So, if you want me to improve the commit message I am OK with that.
>
> Yes, I think just providing an explanation for why it's currently
> necessary for you to duplicate this is reasonable.

Sure, will do!

Daniel