From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:24:10 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: lib/chkhash.c: is_valid_hash(): Comment meaning of !hash and *
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lib/chkhash.c: is_valid_hash(): Comment meaning of !hash and *

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/lib/chkhash.c b/lib/chkhash.c
index 1723f862c..101f2004e 100644
--- a/lib/chkhash.c
+++ b/lib/chkhash.c
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ match_regex(const char *pattern, const char *string)
 bool 
 is_valid_hash(const char *hash) 
 {
+	// Password temporarily locked
 	hash = strprefix(hash, "!") ?: hash;
 
 	// Passwordless account; discouraged
 	if (streq(hash, ""))
 		return true;
 
+	// Password permanently locked (and forgotten)
 	if (streq(hash, "*"))
 		return true;