From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue May 1 18:17:37 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E929FFB2DDF for ; Tue, 1 May 2018 18:17:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22c.google.com (mail-io0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70F0586618 for ; Tue, 1 May 2018 18:17:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id d11-v6so14552724iof.11 for ; Tue, 01 May 2018 11:17:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=hcx8R0S5ZzoguZe++9l0uEW3CkbXcKLLbrS6l7cOOqU=; b=lxldPjjz8polVe+kzS8ze0io9TQEJdIvot7iAPAeCsnGPgUTHKt3yjQIoutHrPR+YI e4sBKPQqo4vSCueMpwUp3/z642cmj3d0zjw2szU5jOhUruc4PMw0aRI/yDxVnUHYIl7G gtsYUpzyIiBy7kkbP+lD2JpzxZ2/oLG4YkjBbNjhod7gJaaEYGF3laK9oWMLFFqIrFbL wb2nNlMeMlH+pw2BX1OaheDLdrItEw2W7YiRw2/dzR26Sxy6rTtczVJbcIU0yQfF9ydz wtN9HDVVMkhRbUWHZdekj3VLME8SnVb9/eh/YTzBQLOKPNYrCfFjVgXiv4J1r2MuNU/7 fy7A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=hcx8R0S5ZzoguZe++9l0uEW3CkbXcKLLbrS6l7cOOqU=; b=Ok7C8jN67VGcQs2SH8Hex9naFSp85KKrjIl08B2eFY0dtj8d37hHmIE62y2JhHH2zx Dxz3pIIw1IRR24/ufyeha36dIgHygyuHVitjeN8W7KnIjbkTK6cYC6IOYPscnK/7ZnsP Tp/Nz4wAvJlrJjQl9rFrvXsY5ePNCAmdEpU3+REeepb2GvZcl2kLeU+Ie8jU6XUkykIg gBEU1+6StWoQHAnjakCa0tKkgxffdtMntynXXGofJrDLpXEes7S6tj09Ww9VcpAgsku/ ySETrt3qMcW8AJFaaQXu5cuHZ3GMJ2bjKz7p4LJc0RlVjphQL9PYVda4+vxv+p5Q2Al9 dubA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tDm6O5b251wEwYSWT6oHAfu7niKmylRI820QTsn348uZlYMq2nZ d8mBLGsj19LuCQ9PYoHZNhvt/0L4BzbVMy4p95QfXA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZrxmoDR5btWEJTFz53QvQc7WFLprNNIoXZkm6vabAS2Qf74+SKWe8BFSheuxqZwUWsdevEFmmdHi1d+eIV/33I= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:3846:: with SMTP id f67-v6mr17529247ioa.117.1525198655883; Tue, 01 May 2018 11:17:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: wlosh@bsdimp.com Received: by 2002:a4f:a65a:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2018 11:17:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [2603:300b:6:5100:1052:acc7:f9de:2b6d] In-Reply-To: References: <7630266D-D078-41B3-BC27-32EBF65540C4@gmail.com> From: Warner Losh Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 12:17:35 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6EW1WJkBD0AyaNvu_nFZwUXtc2c Message-ID: Subject: Re: Bug 207069 (loader password kills boot) To: Kyle Evans Cc: David Cross , FreeBSD Hackers , Devin Teske Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2018 18:17:37 -0000 On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Kyle Evans wrote: > On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 1:07 PM, David Cross wrote: > > The aforementioned bug has been open for over 2 years, with attached and > tested patches. At least one other has commented. > > > > Could we please have it for 11.2/12.0? > > Hi, > > CC'ing Devin, our local Forth-fu-fighter. If it looks ok to Devin, one > of us should go ahead and shuffle this through. > Yes. I've looked at this code a fair amount, and I don't understand why this is needed and why it would make things work. Since it is a security thing, I'm very reluctant to push it in absent better understanding of why it works. Warner