Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-06-09

Re: [PATCH] kernel_lockdown.7: Remove description of lifting via SysRq (not upstream)

From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-09 21:26:10

Hello Alex, Dann,

On 5/27/21 7:13 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
From: dann frazier <redacted>

The patch that implemented lockdown lifting via SysRq ended up getting
dropped[*] before the feature was merged upstream. Having the feature
documented but unsupported has caused some confusion for our users.

[*] http://archive.lwn.net:8080/linux-kernel/CACdnJuuxAM06TcnczOA6NwxhnmQUeqqm3Ma8btukZpuCS+dOqg@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: dann frazier <redacted>
Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <redacted>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Pedro Principeza <redacted>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <redacted>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <redacted>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <redacted>
Thanks. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael
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---
 man7/kernel_lockdown.7 | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 b/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
index 30863de62..b0442b3b6 100644
--- a/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
+++ b/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ where X indicates the process name and Y indicates what is restricted.
 .PP
 On an EFI-enabled x86 or arm64 machine, lockdown will be automatically enabled
 if the system boots in EFI Secure Boot mode.
-.PP
-If the kernel is appropriately configured, lockdown may be lifted by typing
-the appropriate sequence on a directly attached physical keyboard.
-For x86 machines, this is
-.IR SysRq+x .
 .\"
 .SS Coverage
 When lockdown is in effect, a number of features are disabled or have their

-- 
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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