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Squashed backup commit (no shallow-clone history issues) of xiaomi-mt6833-dev/kernel_xiaomi_mt6833 (lineage-23.2 branch, upstream commit 9eece662e) plus all fixes applied to get everpal_defconfig building clean against a modern (GCC 15.2.0) toolchain -- see the previous commit message on the lineage-23.2 branch (also in this repo history is not available here since this is a squashed snapshot; full incremental history lives in the local DL380 checkout and the upstream GitHub remote). Upstream: https://github.com/xiaomi-mt6833-dev/kernel_xiaomi_mt6833 (lineage-23.2)
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LoadPin
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LoadPin is a Linux Security Module that ensures all kernel-loaded files
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(modules, firmware, etc) all originate from the same filesystem, with
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the expectation that such a filesystem is backed by a read-only device
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such as dm-verity or CDROM. This allows systems that have a verified
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and/or unchangeable filesystem to enforce module and firmware loading
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restrictions without needing to sign the files individually.
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The LSM is selectable at build-time with ``CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN``, and
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can be controlled at boot-time with the kernel command line option
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"``loadpin.enabled``". By default, it is enabled, but can be disabled at
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boot ("``loadpin.enabled=0``").
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LoadPin starts pinning when it sees the first file loaded. If the
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block device backing the filesystem is not read-only, a sysctl is
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created to toggle pinning: ``/proc/sys/kernel/loadpin/enabled``. (Having
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a mutable filesystem means pinning is mutable too, but having the
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sysctl allows for easy testing on systems with a mutable filesystem.)
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