Re: [Linux-ima-devel] [PATCH 2/2] integrity: replace call to integrity_read_file with kernel version

[James M. <jm...@na...>]

On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 06:21:28AM +1000, James Morris wrote:
> > So, to be clear, this patch solves the XFS deadlock using a different 
> > approach (to the now reverted integrity_read approach), which Christoph 
> > also says is more correct generally.  Correct?
> 
> No.  It is in addition to the previous patches - the patches were
> correct for the IMA interaction with the I/O path.  It just turns
> out that the function was also reused for reading certificates
> at initialization time, for which that change was incorrect.
> 
> If this series is applied first the integrity_read code is not
> used for that path any more.

Ok, Mimi, please post a complete patchset for this issue against my -next 
branch.


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James Morris
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