Re: [PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: Add check for strsep

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Tue Jan 30 2024 - 12:30:35 EST


On Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 7:22 PM EET, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed Jan 24, 2024 at 11:10 PM EET, Verma, Vishal L wrote:
> > On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 15:40 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 20:10 +0000, Verma, Vishal L wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > Ah, thanks for confirming! Would you like me to send a revert patch or
> > > > will you do it?
> > >
> > > Revert "KEYS: encrypted: Add check for strsep"
> > >    
> > > This reverts commit b4af096b5df5dd131ab796c79cedc7069d8f4882.
> > >    
> > > New encrypted keys are created either from kernel-generated random
> > > numbers or user-provided decrypted data.  Revert the change requiring
> > > user-provided decrypted data.
> > >
> > >
> > > Can I add your Reported-by?
> >
> > Yes that works, Thank you.
>
> This went totally wrong IMHO.
>
> Priority should be to locate and fix the bug not revert useful stuff
> when a bug is found that has limited scope.

By guidelines here the commit is also a bug fix and reverting
such commit means seeding a bug to the mainline. Also the klog
message alone is a bug fix here. So also by book it really has
to come back as it was already commit because we cannot
knowingly mount bugs to the mainline, right?

BR, Jarkko