Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] KEYS: trusted: Introduce support for NXP CAAM-based trusted keys

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Wed Mar 31 2021 - 21:13:19 EST


On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 04:34:29PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 02:31:46AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> >
> > It's a bummer but uapi is the god in the end. Since TPM does not do it
> > today, that behaviour must be supported forever. That's why a boot option
> > AND a warning would be the best compromise.
>
> It's not UAPI if there is no way for userspace to tell if it changed.

Exactly. UAPI is only an issue if something *breaks*.

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