linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/4] ima: use path names cache

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Date:	Wed,  1 Oct 2014 21:43:10 +0300
From:	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>
To:	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-ima-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] ima: use path names cache

__getname() uses slab allocation which is faster than kmalloc.
Make use of it.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c  | 4 ++--
 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 8688597..a99eb6d 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@ const char *ima_d_path(struct path *path, char **pathbuf)
 {
 	char *pathname = NULL;
 
-	*pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	*pathbuf = __getname();
 	if (*pathbuf) {
 		pathname = d_absolute_path(path, *pathbuf, PATH_MAX);
 		if (IS_ERR(pathname)) {
-			kfree(*pathbuf);
+			__putname(*pathbuf);
 			*pathbuf = NULL;
 			pathname = NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 87d7df7..003d6b6 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ out_digsig:
 		rc = -EACCES;
 	kfree(xattr_value);
 out_free:
-	kfree(pathbuf);
+	if (pathbuf)
+		__putname(pathbuf);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if ((rc && must_appraise) && (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE))
-- 
1.9.1

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