Commit-ID: d8eb8940417559808fdd0180a4d50f8f0281b822 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d8eb8940417559808fdd0180a4d50f8f0281b822 Author: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:04:37 +0100 Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> CommitDate: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:21:58 +0100
x86/kexec: Cleanup KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG Kconfig help text Fix typos and also make it simpler without losing the gist of what it says. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Vivek Goyal <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 78a3f67..867bc5b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1742,14 +1742,11 @@ config KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG depends on KEXEC_FILE ---help--- This option makes kernel signature verification mandatory for - kexec_file_load() syscall. If kernel is signature can not be - verified, kexec_file_load() will fail. - - This option enforces signature verification at generic level. - One needs to enable signature verification for type of kernel - image being loaded to make sure it works. For example, enable - bzImage signature verification option to be able to load and - verify signatures of bzImage. Otherwise kernel loading will fail. + the kexec_file_load() syscall. + + In addition to that option, you need to enable signature + verification for the corresponding kernel image type being + loaded in order for this to work. config KEXEC_BZIMAGE_VERIFY_SIG bool "Enable bzImage signature verification support" -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
