Documentation/module-signing.txt: convert to ReST markup

- Fix identatio for the document title;
- remove its index;
- create a table for hash algorithm to be used;
- use quote blocks where needed;
- use monotonic fonts for parameters;
- adjust whitespaces and blank lines;
- Fix case on section titles;
- add it to the user's book.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>

Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst

@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
-			==============================
+Kernel module signing facility
-			KERNEL MODULE SIGNING FACILITY
+------------------------------
-			==============================
 
-CONTENTS
+.. CONTENTS
-
+..
- - Overview.
+.. - Overview.
- - Configuring module signing.
+.. - Configuring module signing.
- - Generating signing keys.
+.. - Generating signing keys.
- - Public keys in the kernel.
+.. - Public keys in the kernel.
- - Manually signing modules.
+.. - Manually signing modules.
- - Signed modules and stripping.
+.. - Signed modules and stripping.
- - Loading signed modules.
+.. - Loading signed modules.
- - Non-valid signatures and unsigned modules.
+.. - Non-valid signatures and unsigned modules.
- - Administering/protecting the private key.
+.. - Administering/protecting the private key.
 
 
 ========
-OVERVIEW
+Overview
 ========
 
 The kernel module signing facility cryptographically signs modules during
@@ -36,17 +35,19 @@ SHA-512 (the algorithm is selected by data in the signature).
 
 
 ==========================
-CONFIGURING MODULE SIGNING
+Configuring module signing
 ==========================
 
-The module signing facility is enabled by going to the "Enable Loadable Module
+The module signing facility is enabled by going to the
-Support" section of the kernel configuration and turning on
+:menuselection:`Enable Loadable Module Support` section of
+the kernel configuration and turning on::
 
 	CONFIG_MODULE_SIG	"Module signature verification"
 
 This has a number of options available:
 
- (1) "Require modules to be validly signed" (CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE)
+ (1) :menuselection:`Require modules to be validly signed`
+     (``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE``)
 
      This specifies how the kernel should deal with a module that has a
      signature for which the key is not known or a module that is unsigned.
@@ -64,35 +65,39 @@ This has a number of options available:
      cannot be parsed, it will be rejected out of hand.
 
 
- (2) "Automatically sign all modules" (CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL)
+ (2) :menuselection:`Automatically sign all modules`
+     (``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL``)
 
      If this is on then modules will be automatically signed during the
      modules_install phase of a build.  If this is off, then the modules must
-     be signed manually using:
+     be signed manually using::
 
 	scripts/sign-file
 
 
- (3) "Which hash algorithm should modules be signed with?"
+ (3) :menuselection:`Which hash algorithm should modules be signed with?`
 
      This presents a choice of which hash algorithm the installation phase will
      sign the modules with:
 
-	CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA1		"Sign modules with SHA-1"
+        =============================== ==========================================
-	CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA224	"Sign modules with SHA-224"
+	``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA1``	:menuselection:`Sign modules with SHA-1`
-	CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA256	"Sign modules with SHA-256"
+	``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA224``	:menuselection:`Sign modules with SHA-224`
-	CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA384	"Sign modules with SHA-384"
+	``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA256``	:menuselection:`Sign modules with SHA-256`
-	CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA512	"Sign modules with SHA-512"
+	``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA384``	:menuselection:`Sign modules with SHA-384`
+	``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA512``	:menuselection:`Sign modules with SHA-512`
+        =============================== ==========================================
 
      The algorithm selected here will also be built into the kernel (rather
      than being a module) so that modules signed with that algorithm can have
      their signatures checked without causing a dependency loop.
 
 
- (4) "File name or PKCS#11 URI of module signing key" (CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY)
+ (4) :menuselection:`File name or PKCS#11 URI of module signing key`
+     (``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY``)
 
      Setting this option to something other than its default of
-     "certs/signing_key.pem" will disable the autogeneration of signing keys
+     ``certs/signing_key.pem`` will disable the autogeneration of signing keys
      and allow the kernel modules to be signed with a key of your choosing.
      The string provided should identify a file containing both a private key
      and its corresponding X.509 certificate in PEM form, or — on systems where
@@ -102,10 +107,11 @@ This has a number of options available:
 
      If the PEM file containing the private key is encrypted, or if the
      PKCS#11 token requries a PIN, this can be provided at build time by
-     means of the KBUILD_SIGN_PIN variable.
+     means of the ``KBUILD_SIGN_PIN`` variable.
 
 
- (5) "Additional X.509 keys for default system keyring" (CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS)
+ (5) :menuselection:`Additional X.509 keys for default system keyring`
+     (``CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS``)
 
      This option can be set to the filename of a PEM-encoded file containing
      additional certificates which will be included in the system keyring by
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ packages to the kernel build processes for the tool that does the signing.
 
 
 =======================
-GENERATING SIGNING KEYS
+Generating signing keys
 =======================
 
 Cryptographic keypairs are required to generate and check signatures.  A
@@ -126,14 +132,14 @@ it can be deleted or stored securely.  The public key gets built into the
 kernel so that it can be used to check the signatures as the modules are
 loaded.
 
-Under normal conditions, when CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY is unchanged from its
+Under normal conditions, when ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY`` is unchanged from its
 default, the kernel build will automatically generate a new keypair using
-openssl if one does not exist in the file:
+openssl if one does not exist in the file::
 
 	certs/signing_key.pem
 
 during the building of vmlinux (the public part of the key needs to be built
-into vmlinux) using parameters in the:
+into vmlinux) using parameters in the::
 
 	certs/x509.genkey
 
@@ -142,14 +148,14 @@ file (which is also generated if it does not already exist).
 It is strongly recommended that you provide your own x509.genkey file.
 
 Most notably, in the x509.genkey file, the req_distinguished_name section
-should be altered from the default:
+should be altered from the default::
 
 	[ req_distinguished_name ]
 	#O = Unspecified company
 	CN = Build time autogenerated kernel key
 	#emailAddress = unspecified.user@unspecified.company
 
-The generated RSA key size can also be set with:
+The generated RSA key size can also be set with::
 
 	[ req ]
 	default_bits = 4096
@@ -158,23 +164,23 @@ The generated RSA key size can also be set with:
 It is also possible to manually generate the key private/public files using the
 x509.genkey key generation configuration file in the root node of the Linux
 kernel sources tree and the openssl command.  The following is an example to
-generate the public/private key files:
+generate the public/private key files::
 
 	openssl req -new -nodes -utf8 -sha256 -days 36500 -batch -x509 \
 	   -config x509.genkey -outform PEM -out kernel_key.pem \
 	   -keyout kernel_key.pem
 
 The full pathname for the resulting kernel_key.pem file can then be specified
-in the CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY option, and the certificate and key therein will
+in the ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY`` option, and the certificate and key therein will
 be used instead of an autogenerated keypair.
 
 
 =========================
-PUBLIC KEYS IN THE KERNEL
+Public keys in the kernel
 =========================
 
 The kernel contains a ring of public keys that can be viewed by root.  They're
-in a keyring called ".system_keyring" that can be seen by:
+in a keyring called ".system_keyring" that can be seen by::
 
 	[root@deneb ~]# cat /proc/keys
 	...
@@ -184,27 +190,27 @@ in a keyring called ".system_keyring" that can be seen by:
 
 Beyond the public key generated specifically for module signing, additional
 trusted certificates can be provided in a PEM-encoded file referenced by the
-CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS configuration option.
+``CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS`` configuration option.
 
 Further, the architecture code may take public keys from a hardware store and
 add those in also (e.g. from the UEFI key database).
 
-Finally, it is possible to add additional public keys by doing:
+Finally, it is possible to add additional public keys by doing::
 
 	keyctl padd asymmetric "" [.system_keyring-ID] <[key-file]
 
-e.g.:
+e.g.::
 
 	keyctl padd asymmetric "" 0x223c7853 <my_public_key.x509
 
 Note, however, that the kernel will only permit keys to be added to
-.system_keyring _if_ the new key's X.509 wrapper is validly signed by a key
+``.system_keyring _if_`` the new key's X.509 wrapper is validly signed by a key
 that is already resident in the .system_keyring at the time the key was added.
 
 
-=========================
+========================
-MANUALLY SIGNING MODULES
+Manually signing modules
-=========================
+========================
 
 To manually sign a module, use the scripts/sign-file tool available in
 the Linux kernel source tree.  The script requires 4 arguments:
@@ -214,7 +220,7 @@ the Linux kernel source tree.  The script requires 4 arguments:
 	3.  The public key filename
 	4.  The kernel module to be signed
 
-The following is an example to sign a kernel module:
+The following is an example to sign a kernel module::
 
 	scripts/sign-file sha512 kernel-signkey.priv \
 		kernel-signkey.x509 module.ko
@@ -228,11 +234,11 @@ $KBUILD_SIGN_PIN environment variable.
 
 
 ============================
-SIGNED MODULES AND STRIPPING
+Signed modules and stripping
 ============================
 
 A signed module has a digital signature simply appended at the end.  The string
-"~Module signature appended~." at the end of the module's file confirms that a
+``~Module signature appended~.`` at the end of the module's file confirms that a
 signature is present but it does not confirm that the signature is valid!
 
 Signed modules are BRITTLE as the signature is outside of the defined ELF
@@ -242,19 +248,19 @@ debug information present at the time of signing.
 
 
 ======================
-LOADING SIGNED MODULES
+Loading signed modules
 ======================
 
-Modules are loaded with insmod, modprobe, init_module() or finit_module(),
+Modules are loaded with insmod, modprobe, ``init_module()`` or
-exactly as for unsigned modules as no processing is done in userspace.  The
+``finit_module()``, exactly as for unsigned modules as no processing is
-signature checking is all done within the kernel.
+done in userspace.  The signature checking is all done within the kernel.
 
 
 =========================================
-NON-VALID SIGNATURES AND UNSIGNED MODULES
+Non-valid signatures and unsigned modules
 =========================================
 
-If CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is enabled or module.sig_enforce=1 is supplied on
+If ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE`` is enabled or module.sig_enforce=1 is supplied on
 the kernel command line, the kernel will only load validly signed modules
 for which it has a public key.   Otherwise, it will also load modules that are
 unsigned.   Any module for which the kernel has a key, but which proves to have
@@ -264,7 +270,7 @@ Any module that has an unparseable signature will be rejected.
 
 
 =========================================
-ADMINISTERING/PROTECTING THE PRIVATE KEY
+Administering/protecting the private key
 =========================================
 
 Since the private key is used to sign modules, viruses and malware could use
@@ -275,5 +281,5 @@ in the root node of the kernel source tree.
 If you use the same private key to sign modules for multiple kernel
 configurations, you must ensure that the module version information is
 sufficient to prevent loading a module into a different kernel.  Either
-set CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y or ensure that each configuration has a different
+set ``CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y`` or ensure that each configuration has a different
-kernel release string by changing EXTRAVERSION or CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
+kernel release string by changing ``EXTRAVERSION`` or ``CONFIG_LOCALVERSION``.