linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs-verity: define a function to return the integrity protected file digest

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Message-ID: <YaXE+H17xPZSEcP7@sol.localdomain>
Date:   Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:30:16 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs-verity: define a function to return the integrity
 protected file digest

On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 09:33:29PM -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > > +/**
> > > + * fsverity_measure() - get a verity file's digest
> nit: The function name seems to suggest it is measuring the fs-verity file's
> digest. Since it is reading the file's digest: fsverity_read_digest() or
> fsverity_read_measure()?

I suggest fsverity_get_digest().  "read" is misleading because it's not being
read from disk.

- Eric