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diff --git a/fs/verity/signature.c b/fs/verity/signature.c
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@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
* Copyright 2019 Google LLC
*/
+/*
+ * This file implements verification of fs-verity builtin signatures. Please
+ * take great care before using this feature. It is not the only way to do
+ * signatures with fs-verity, and the alternatives (such as userspace signature
+ * verification, and IMA appraisal) can be much better. For details about the
+ * limitations of this feature, see Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst.
+ */
+
#include "fsverity_private.h"
#include <linux/cred.h>