Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] ptp: add PTP_SYS_OFFSET_STAT for xtstamping with status

2024-12-25 Thread Richard Cochran
On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 07:13:46PM +0100, Peter Hilber wrote: > The precise synchronization of the VM guest with its immediate > environment can also be important; a VM guest may depend the decision > about leap second smearing on its environment. I thought that the whole point of using a VM is t

[PATCH RFC 1/2] kbuild: add stamp file for vmlinux BTF data

2024-12-25 Thread Thomas Weißschuh
The upcoming module hashes functionality will build the modules in between the generation of the BTF data and the final link of vmlinux. Having a dependency from the modules on vmlinux would make this impossible as it would mean having a cyclic dependency. Break this cyclic dependency by introducin

[PATCH RFC 2/2] module: Introduce hash-based integrity checking

2024-12-25 Thread Thomas Weißschuh
The current signature-based module integrity checking has some drawbacks in combination with reproducible builds: Either the module signing key is generated at build time, which makes the build unreproducible, or a static key is used, which precludes rebuilds by third parties and makes the whole bu

[PATCH RFC 0/2] module: Introduce hash-based integrity checking

2024-12-25 Thread Thomas Weißschuh
- base-commit: f722972b5df307d8c93c706c62d2e27e963c8f66 change-id: 20241225-module-hashes-7a50a7cc2a30 Best regards, -- Thomas Weißschuh