Re: [PATCH v1] module: Fix prefix for module.sig_enforce module param

From: Aaron Tomlin
Date: Thu Jun 02 2022 - 15:35:24 EST


On Wed 2022-06-01 20:56 -0700, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> Commit cfc1d277891e ("module: Move all into module/") changed the prefix
> of the module param by moving/renaming files. A later commit also moves
> the module_param() into a different file, thereby changing the prefix
> yet again.
>
> This would break kernel cmdline compatibility and also userspace
> compatibility at /sys/module/module/parameters/sig_enforce.
>
> So, set the prefix back to "module.".
>
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> Fixes: cfc1d277891e ("module: Move all into module/")
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Sending this patch in case my analysis in [1] was right.
>
> [1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220602034111.4163292-1-saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> -Saravana
>
> kernel/module/signing.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module/signing.c b/kernel/module/signing.c
> index 85c8999dfecf..6b0672e4417b 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/signing.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/signing.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
> #include <uapi/linux/module.h>
> #include "internal.h"
>
> +#ifdef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
> +#undef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
> +#endif
> +#define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX "module."
> +
> static bool sig_enforce = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE);
> module_param(sig_enforce, bool_enable_only, 0644);
>
> --
> 2.36.1.255.ge46751e96f-goog
>

Oops! Thanks Saravana.

Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx>

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