linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] integrity: Expose data structures required for include/linux/integrity.h

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Message-Id: <1576624105.4579.379.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:08:25 -0500
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com, revest@...gle.com,
        allison@...utok.net, armijn@...ldur.nl, bauerman@...ux.ibm.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] integrity: Expose data structures required for
 include/linux/integrity.h

On Tue, 2019-12-17 at 08:25 -0800, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 12/17/2019 5:47 AM, Florent Revest wrote:
> > From: Florent Revest <revest@...gle.com>
> >
> > include/linux/integrity.h exposes the prototype of integrity_inode_get().
> > However, it relies on struct integrity_iint_cache which is currently
> > defined in an internal header, security/integrity/integrity.h.
> >
> > To allow the rest of the kernel to use integrity_inode_get,
> 
> Why do you want to do this?

ditto

> 
> >  this patch
> > moves the definition of the necessary structures from a private header
> > to a global kernel header.
> >