linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] integrity: Make arch_ima_get

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Message-ID: <f41d4722a70fcf11a617bc740bbeff29904b1508.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:14:57 -0500
From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Coiby Xu <coxu@...hat.com>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] integrity: Make arch_ima_get_secureboot
 integrity-wide

On Thu, 2026-01-15 at 08:43 +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
> EVM and other LSMs need the ability to query the secure boot status of
> the system, without directly calling the IMA arch_ima_get_secureboot
> function. Refactor the secure boot status check into a general,
> integrity-wide function named arch_integrity_get_secureboot.
> 
> Define a new Kconfig option CONFIG_INTEGRITY_SECURE_BOOT, which is
> automatically configured by the supported architectures. The existing
> IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT Kconfig loads the architecture specific
> IMA policy based on the refactored secure boot status code.
> 
> Reported-and-suggested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
> Suggested-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com>
> Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@...hat.com>

Thanks, Coiby!

Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>