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Message-ID: <1287324272.1998.366.camel@laptop>
Date:	Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:04:32 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
Cc:	eparis@...hat.com, Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>,
	warthog9@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, devel@...ts.fedoraprojet.org
Subject: Re: ima: use of radix tree cache indexing == massive waste of
 memory?

On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 15:59 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Me, I'm henceforth making sure to have CONFIG_IMA disabled...

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
---
 security/integrity/ima/Kconfig |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
index b6ecfd4..278362c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ config IMA
 	  whether or not critical system files have been modified.
 	  Read <http://www.usenix.org/events/sec04/tech/sailer.html>
 	  to learn more about IMA.
+
+	  When built-in (Y) this option will consume considerable
+	  resources even when effectively disabled.
+
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX

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