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From: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
Cc: eric.snowberg@oracle.com, dhowells@redhat.com,
	mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com, matthewgarrett@google.com,
	sashal@kernel.org, jamorris@linux.microsoft.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] IMA: Define workqueue for early boot "key" measurements
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:58:22 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cd0d6b0c-1be4-493d-6ba7-72bd60f601cb@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1576191258.4579.181.camel@linux.ibm.com>


On 12/12/2019 2:54 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:

>>
>> I can also move the setting of ima_process_key flag inside the lock
>> along with the above change.
> 
> My concern is with the last sentence "Since ima_process_keys is set to
> true above, any new key will be processed immediately and not queued."
>    It's unlikely, but possible, that a second process will wait for the
> ima_keys_mutex.  Either we remove this sentence or move setting
> ima_process_keys to after taking the lock.
> 
> Mimi

Sure - i'll move the setting of ima_process_keys flag inside the lock 
and define the flag as static. Will keep the comment as is.

thanks,
  -lakshmi


  reply	other threads:[~2019-12-12 22:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-11 18:51 [PATCH v2 0/2] IMA: Deferred measurement of keys Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2019-12-11 18:51 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] IMA: Define workqueue for early boot "key" measurements Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2019-12-12  8:19   ` Mimi Zohar
2019-12-12 16:57     ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2019-12-12 21:13       ` Mimi Zohar
2019-12-12 21:59         ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2019-12-12 22:54           ` Mimi Zohar
2019-12-12 22:58             ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian [this message]
2019-12-11 18:51 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] IMA: Call workqueue functions to measure queued keys Lakshmi Ramasubramanian

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