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List:       linux-integrity
Subject:    Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] certs: export load_certificate_list() to be used outside certs/
From:       Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko () kernel ! org>
Date:       2021-12-29 1:29:50
Message-ID: Ycu6Dq1Tq2cqq/Lf () iki ! fi
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On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 08:39:17PM -0500, Nayna Jain wrote:
> load_certificate_list() parses certificates embedded in the kernel
> image to load them onto the keyring.
> 
> Commit "2565ca7f5ec1 (certs: Move load_system_certificate_list to a common
> function)" made load_certificate_list() a common function in the certs/
> directory. Now, export load_certificate_list() outside certs/ to be used
> by other functions.

It is exported to make callable by load_platform_certificate_list(). Making
anything callable by other functions by itself has no inherit value, and
does not serve as a stimulus to make such code change.

/Jarkko
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