[PATCH v6 21/26] powerpc/pseries: Clarify warning when PLPKS password already set

Andrew Donnellan ajd at linux.ibm.com
Fri Feb 10 19:03:56 AEDT 2023


When the H_PKS_GEN_PASSWORD hcall returns H_IN_USE, operations that require
authentication (i.e. anything other than reading a world-readable variable)
will not work.

The current error message doesn't explain this clearly enough. Reword it
to emphasise that authenticated operations will fail.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd at linux.ibm.com>

---

v6: New patch
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
index 926b6a927326..01ae919b4497 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int plpks_gen_password(void)
 		memcpy(ospassword, password, ospasswordlength);
 	} else {
 		if (rc == H_IN_USE) {
-			pr_warn("Password is already set for POWER LPAR Platform KeyStore\n");
+			pr_warn("Password already set - authenticated operations will fail\n");
 			rc = 0;
 		} else {
 			goto out;
-- 
2.39.1



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