From: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, 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: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:25:51 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aFEmj7ZuuMgOplZK@MiWiFi-R3L-srv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ca82fa443365217535aedacbcdf823370f387995.camel@linux.ibm.com>
On 06/16/25 at 10:04am, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> 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.
Thanks a lot for your patience, careful reviewing and great suggestions.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-17 8:26 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
2025-06-17 8:25 ` Baoquan He [this message]
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