linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] ima: rename IMA_ACTION_FLAGS to IMA_NONACTION

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Message-ID: <ea619561-fe29-6864-0a07-a49dee8549ab@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:03:36 -0500
From:   Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] ima: rename IMA_ACTION_FLAGS to
 IMA_NONACTION_FLAGS


On 2/11/22 16:43, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Simple policy rule options, such as fowner, uid, or euid, can be checked
> immediately, while other policy rule options, such as requiring a file
> signature, need to be deferred.
>
> The 'flags' field in the integrity_iint_cache struct contains the policy
> action', 'subaction', and non action/subaction.
>
> action: measure/measured, appraise/appraised, (collect)/collected,
>          audit/audited
> subaction: appraise status for each hook (e.g. file, mmap, bprm, read,
>          creds)
> non action/subaction: deferred policy rule options and state
>
> Rename the IMA_ACTION_FLAGS to IMA_NONACTION_FLAGS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>