Re: [PATCH v10 05/27] ima: Define ima_namespace struct and start moving variables into it

Stefan Berger
2022-02-16T20:26:21Z

On 2/16/22 09:41, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 15:37 -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
>> Define the ima_namespace structure and the ima_namespace variable
>> init_ima_ns for the host's IMA namespace. Implement basic functions for
>> namespacing support.
> Implement the basic functions - ima_ns_init() and ima_init_namespace()
> - for namespacing support.
>
>> Move variables related to the IMA policy into the ima_namespace. This way
>> the IMA policy of an IMA namespace can be set and displayed using a
>> front-end like securityfs.
>> Implement ima_ns_from_file() to get the IMA namespace via the user
>> namespace of the securityfs superblock that a file belongs to.
> Currently, ima_ns_from_file() doesn't exist in this patch.
Ah, left-over from previous version. Remove.
>
>> To get the current ima_namespace use &init_ima_ns when a function
>> that is related to a policy rule is called.
> In preparation for IMA namespacing, update the existing functions to
> pass the ima_namespace struct. For now, ...
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
>> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
> After addressing the one inline comment,
Done.
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>

Thanks.