Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 4 authors, 2021-07-20

Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] ima: Return int in the functions to measure a buffer

From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Date: 2021-07-20 13:02:34
Also in: linux-integrity, lkml, selinux

On Tue, 2021-07-20 at 12:38 +0000, Roberto Sassu wrote:
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This patch modifies the return type from void to int, and returns 0 if the
buffer has been successfully measured, a negative value otherwise.
Needed here is an explanation as to why ima_measure_critical_data() is
special.
We don't want to unnecessarily calculate the digest twice.
That's what the "iint" cache is for.  .  This needs more a of an
explaintion as to why  ima_measure_critical_data() is special.

thanks,

Mimi
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