Re: bin/52512: Duplicate files prevent veriexecctl from loading signature file

[Brett Lymn <brett.lymn%baesystems.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 06:40:15PM +0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> >>It is unclear whether we should modify veriexecctl to not set the error 
> >>for EEXIST, or if we should modify veriexecgen to not generate multiple 
> >>entries (with different names) for the same file.  (It seems to me 
> >>unreasonable to expect the user to remove the duplicates.)
> >
> >A third option would be to modify the kernel code to not complain when 
> >attempting to add a new entry, as long as the new fingerprint type and 
> >value match the existing values.
> 
> The attached patch implements this option.
> 

Looks good to me.  Thanks for fixing this.

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Brett Lymn
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