linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IMA: Turn IMA_MEASURE_ASYMMETRIC

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Message-Id: <1579726498.4644.4.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:54:58 -0500
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     sashal@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IMA: Turn IMA_MEASURE_ASYMMETRIC_KEYS off by default

On Wed, 2020-01-22 at 12:05 -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> On 1/22/20 12:02 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Thanks, Lakshmi.  This requires moving the code around.  Instead of
> > doing this on the current code base, I suggest posting a v9 version of
> > the entire "IMA: Deferred measurement of keys".
> > 
> > I suggest making the switch from spinlock to mutex, as you had it
> > originally, before posting v9.  The commit history will then be a lot
> > cleaner.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > Mimi
> > 
> 
> Sure Mimi - I'll post an update to the patch set shortly.

I just pushed out the next-integrity-testing branch without the
"Deferred measurement of keys" patches.  I've kept the "IMA: pre-
allocate buffer to hold keyrings string" patch, though it probably
isn't required.

thanks,

Mimi