Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] ima: make process_buffer_measurement() non static

Mimi Zohar
2019-10-02T22:04:59Z

[Cc'ing Prakhar]

On Fri, 2019-09-27 at 10:25 -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
> To add the support for checking against blacklist, it would be needed
> to add an additional measurement record that identifies the record
> as blacklisted.
>
> This patch modifies the process_buffer_measurement() and makes it
> non static to be used by blacklist functionality. It modifies the
> function to handle more than just the KEXEC_CMDLINE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>

Making process_buffer_measurement() non static is the end result, not
the reason for the change.  The reason for changing
process_buffer_measurement() is to make it more generic.  The
blacklist measurement record is the usecase.

Please rewrite the patch description.

thanks,

Mimi