From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, coxu@redhat.com, piliu@redhat.com,
pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de, chenste@linux.microsoft.com,
kexec@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ima: add a knob ima= to allow disabling IMA in kdump kernel
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:04:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca82fa443365217535aedacbcdf823370f387995.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250614022342.5988-1-bhe@redhat.com>
On Sat, 2025-06-14 at 10:23 +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> Kdump kernel doesn't need IMA functionality, and enabling IMA will cost
> extra memory. It would be very helpful to allow IMA to be disabled for
> kdump kernel.
>
> Hence add a knob ima=on|off here to allow turning IMA off in kdump
> kernel if needed.
>
> Note that this IMA disabling is limited to kdump kernel, please don't
> abuse it in other kernel and thus serious consequences are caused.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
> ---
> v2->v3:
> - Remove rdundant word 'only' and rephrase sentences in patch log code
> comment, and rephrase patch subject, thanks to Mimi's comments.
Thanks, Baoquan. The patch is now queued.
Mimi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-16 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-14 2:23 [PATCH v3] ima: add a knob ima= to allow disabling IMA in kdump kernel Baoquan He
2025-06-16 14:04 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2025-06-17 8:25 ` Baoquan He
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