Re: [PATCH 00/12] Grub-shell improvements

[Patrick Steinhardt]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 06:33:15PM +0200, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:23:44 +0200
> Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> > CC-ing Denis and Patrick...
> > 
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 05:08:21PM -0500, Glenn Washburn wrote:
> > > Hi Daniel,
> > >
> > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:00:32 +0200
> > > Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Glenn,
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 06:06:30PM -0500, Glenn Washburn wrote:
> > > > > Hi Daniel,
> > > > >
> > > > > What are the chances this patch series can be reviewed in the
> > > > > near future? Some feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > I can see the following patches from you waiting in my review
> > > > queue:
> > > >   - [CRYPTO-LUKS v1 00/19] Fixes and improvements for
> > > > cryptodisks+luks2 and a few other things.
> > > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-07/msg00088.html
> > > >   - [CRYPTOMOUNT-TEST 0/7] Add LUKS1/2 tests for cryptomount
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-08/msg00010.html
> > > >   - [PATCH 0/5] Testing improvements
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-12/msg00246.html
> > > >   - [CI 00/17] Gitlab CI and test framework improvements
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-02/msg00071.html
> > > >   - [PROCFS 0/5] Add and improve (proc) entries
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00264.html
> > > >   - [PATCH 0/4] Various LUKS2 improvements
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00272.html
> > > >   - [PATCH 0/4] Miscellaneous changes to aid in troubleshooting
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00279.html
> > > >   - [PATCH] fs: Allow number of blocks in block list to be
> > > > optional, defaulting length to device length
> > > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00286.html
> > > >   - [PATCH v2 0/2] cryptodisk: Allows UUIDs to be compared in a
> > > > dash-insensitive manner
> > > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00344.html
> > > >   - [PATCH] command: Add silent mode to read command to suppress
> > > > input echo
> > > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00291.html
> > > >   - [PATCH 0/2] Allow overriding commands
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00292.html
> > > >   - [PATCH 00/12] Grub-shell improvements
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00390.html
> > > >   - [PATCH v2 0/8] Various fixes/improvements for tests
> > > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-08/msg00110.html
> > > >   - [PATCH 0/3] Refactor/improve cryptomount data passing to
> > > > crypto modules
> > > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-08/msg00129.html
> > > >
> > > > Please sort them in the order of importance/preference/... Then I
> > > > will be looking at them (more or less) in that order, one patch
> > > > set at a time.
> > > >
> > > > I hope I did not miss any of your patches.
> > >
> > > As far as I can tell, this is the full list.
> > 
> > Great!
> > 
> > > My order preference is as follows:
> > >
> > > These two patches are only first because it should be a quick
> > > review.
> > >   - [PATCH] command: Add silent mode to read command to suppress
> > >     input echo
> > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00291.html
> > >   - [PATCH] fs: Allow number of blocks in block list to be optional,
> > >     defaulting length to device length
> > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00286.html
> > 
> > OK.
> > 
> > > This is a high priority because I think it should be merged before
> > > the keyfile and detached header support patch series. If this is
> > > merged, I'll submit and updated keyfile and detached header patch
> > > series that works with this patch series.
> > >   - [PATCH 0/3] Refactor/improve cryptomount data passing to crypto
> > >     modules
> > >     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-08/msg00129.html
> > 
> > Denis, Patrick, are you both OK with this?
> I'm OK with it.
> 
> The "Refactor/improve cryptomount data passing to crypto modules" looks
> way cleaner than what we had before: it can scale better than the
> previous design because it's more generic, it can be extended more
> easily, and we can have more fine grained communication between the
> cryptodisk and the backends.

Agreed, this has been a pain point in the current architecture.

Patrick

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