linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] integrity: add ima_counts

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:08:20 -0400
From:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"J.R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] integrity: add ima_counts_put (updated)

On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 08:50 +1000, James Morris wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> 
> > This patch fixes an imbalance message as reported by J.R. Okajima.
> > The IMA file counters are incremented in ima_path_check. If the
> > actual open fails, such as ETXTBSY, decrement the counters to
> > prevent unnecessary imbalance messages.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
> 
> Don't forget to use "Reported-by:" lines for the bug reporter.

Ok

> Have you tested this using the original test case?

Yes, the patch resolves the iint_free() message.

Mimi

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