Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] ima: Remove ima_h_table structure

[Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>]

On Wed, 2026-03-11 at 18:19 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
> 
> With the upcoming change of dynamically allocating and replacing the hash
> table, we would need to keep the counters for number of measurements
> entries and violations.
> 
> Since anyway, those counters don't belong there, remove the ima_h_table
> structure instead and move the counters and the hash table as a separate
> variables.

There's no cover letter or motivation in this patch description for needing to
"dynamically allocating or replacing the existing hash table."

Saying that the htable, number of records in the measurement list, and violation
counter don't belong grouped together is insufficient.  There must have been a
valid reason for why they were grouped together originally (e.g. never removed
or reset).

Please provide a motivation for removing the ima_h_table struct and its usage
and defining them independently of each other.

thanks,

Mimi