Bug 270017 - LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX knob lacks a description
Summary: LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX knob lacks a description
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: misc (show other bugs)
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: Brooks Davis
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2023-03-07 20:58 UTC by Ed Maste
Modified: 2024-11-25 05:34 UTC (History)
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Description Ed Maste freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-03-07 20:58:37 UTC 
When running `make makeman`:
no description found for WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX, skipping

I'm adding other descriptions in https://reviews.freebsd.org/D38961 but I'm not sure what the text should be for this option.
Comment 1 Brooks Davis freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-03-08 16:38:54 UTC 
Here's what I've got locally:

+Enable building
+.Xr loader 8
+with support effiently verify modules with vectx.
+.Pp
+Depends on
+.Va WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC .
Comment 2 Simon J. Gerraty freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-03-08 17:54:00 UTC 
Sorry about that.  The purpose of WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX is to enable
hashing (thus verifying) kernel and modules as a side effect of loading.
This avoids the double I/O of the simple method used for non-modules which tend to be much smaller.
Comment 3 Brooks Davis freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-03-09 19:21:44 UTC 
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39002
Comment 4 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-03-09 21:40:07 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3ac71149badeb1d3a0eeaa83739f7b385c8c941e

commit 3ac71149badeb1d3a0eeaa83739f7b385c8c941e
Author:     Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-03-09 21:39:41 +0000
Commit:     Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-03-09 21:39:41 +0000

    Add WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX description

    PR:             270017
    Reviewed by:    emaste
    Sponsored by:   DARPA
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39002

 share/man/man5/src.conf.5                            | 8 ++++++++
 tools/build/options/WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX (new) | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
Comment 5 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-11-25 04:31:54 UTC 
^Triage: committed back in 2023.