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Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:08:07 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, amir73il@...il.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IMA: use vfs_getattr_nosec to get the i_version

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 12:55:51PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> IMA currently accesses the i_version out of the inode directly when it
> does a measurement. This is fine for most simple filesystems, but can be
> problematic with more complex setups (e.g. overlayfs).
> 
> Make IMA instead call vfs_getattr_nosec to get this info. This allows
> the filesystem to determine whether and how to report the i_version, and
> should allow IMA to work properly with a broader class of filesystems in
> the future.
> 
> Reported-and-Tested-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> ---

Excellent, thanks,
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>