Re: [PATCH v10 6/8] ima: kexec: move IMA log copy from kexec load to execute

[Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>]

On 03/21/25 at 09:23am, steven chen wrote:
> On 3/19/2025 7:06 PM, Baoquan He wrote:
> > On 03/17/25 at 06:04pm, steven chen wrote:
> > ...snip...
> > > ---
> > >   kernel/kexec_file.c                | 10 ++++++
> > >   security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++------------
> > >   2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > > index 606132253c79..ab449b43aaee 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > > @@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ kimage_validate_signature(struct kimage *image)
> > >   }
> > >   #endif
> > > +static void kimage_file_post_load(struct kimage *image)
> > > +{
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
> > > +	ima_kexec_post_load(image);
> > > +#endif
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >   /*
> > >    * In file mode list of segments is prepared by kernel. Copy relevant
> > >    * data from user space, do error checking, prepare segment list
> > > @@ -428,6 +435,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kexec_file_load, int, kernel_fd, int, initrd_fd,
> > >   	kimage_terminate(image);
> > > +	if (!(flags & KEXEC_FILE_ON_CRASH))
> > > +		kimage_file_post_load(image);
> > machine_kexec_post_load() is called by both kexec_load and kexec_file_load,
> > we should use it to do things post load, but not introducing another
> > kimage_file_post_load().
> 
> Hi Baoquan,
> 
> Could you give me more detail about this?

I mean machine_kexec_post_load() is the place where post load operations
are done, including kexec_load and kexec_file_load. There's no need to
specifically introduce a kimage_file_post_load() to do post load
operaton for kexec_file_load.