linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/8] ima: skip memory allocation for empty files

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Message-id: <3402bee04915e67f3d6c9db797edef0616d64d56.1393599538.git.d.kasatkin@samsung.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:59:29 +0200
From:	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
To:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	jmorris@...ei.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	casey.schaufler@...el.com, dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] ima: skip memory allocation for empty files

Memory allocation is unnecessary for empty files.
This patch finalize the hash without memory allocation.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
index d257e36..1bde8e6 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
@@ -87,16 +87,20 @@ static int ima_calc_file_hash_tfm(struct file *file,
 	if (rc != 0)
 		return rc;
 
-	rbuf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rbuf) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
+	i_size = i_size_read(file_inode(file));
+
+	if (i_size == 0)
 		goto out;
-	}
+
+	rbuf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)) {
 		file->f_mode |= FMODE_READ;
 		read = 1;
 	}
-	i_size = i_size_read(file_inode(file));
+
 	while (offset < i_size) {
 		int rbuf_len;
 
@@ -113,12 +117,12 @@ static int ima_calc_file_hash_tfm(struct file *file,
 		if (rc)
 			break;
 	}
-	kfree(rbuf);
-	if (!rc)
-		rc = crypto_shash_final(&desc.shash, hash->digest);
 	if (read)
 		file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_READ;
+	kfree(rbuf);
 out:
+	if (!rc)
+		rc = crypto_shash_final(&desc.shash, hash->digest);
 	return rc;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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