linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] ima: add a new CONFIG for loading arch-specific policies

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Date:   Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:15:54 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Philipp Rudo <prudo@...ux.ibm.com>, zohar@...ux.ibm.com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ima: add a new CONFIG for loading arch-specific policies

Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com> writes:
> From: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Every time a new architecture defines the IMA architecture specific
> functions - arch_ima_get_secureboot() and arch_ima_get_policy(), the IMA
> include file needs to be updated. To avoid this "noise", this patch
> defines a new IMA Kconfig IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT option, allowing
> the different architectures to select it.
>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> Cc: Philipp Rudo <prudo@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> ---
> v3:
> * Removes CONFIG_IMA dependency. Thanks Ard.
> * Updated the patch with improvements suggested by Michael. It now uses
> "imply" instead of "select". Thanks Michael.

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> (powerpc)

cheers