Re: [PATCH 4/5] IMA: use obj-y for non-modular objects

From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] IMA: use obj-y for non-modular objects
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:04:25 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK7LNARfUkJTfRHHxkL-4nOq6wG+Y9sDbBHZE97UVOdSrA_1CQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190726043719.GB643@sol.localdomain>

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 1:37 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 11:10:57AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > CONFIG_IMA is a boolean option, so none of these objects is linked
> > into a module.
> >
> > All the objects in this directory are compiled only when CONFIG_IMA=y
> > since this directory is guarded by the parent Makefile:
> >
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_IMA)                       += ima/
> >
> > So, there is no point in creating the composite object, ima.o
> >
> > Flatten the code into the obj-$(CONFIG_...) form.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
> > ---
> >
> >  security/integrity/ima/Makefile | 8 +++-----
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/Makefile b/security/integrity/ima/Makefile
> > index d921dc4f9eb0..5517486c9154 100644
> > --- a/security/integrity/ima/Makefile
> > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/Makefile
> > @@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
> >  # Measurement Architecture(IMA).
> >  #
> >
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_IMA) += ima.o
> > -
> > -ima-y := ima_fs.o ima_queue.o ima_init.o ima_main.o ima_crypto.o ima_api.o \
> > +obj-y := ima_fs.o ima_queue.o ima_init.o ima_main.o ima_crypto.o ima_api.o \
> >        ima_policy.o ima_template.o ima_template_lib.o
> > -ima-$(CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE) += ima_appraise.o
> > -ima-$(CONFIG_HAVE_IMA_KEXEC) += ima_kexec.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE) += ima_appraise.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_IMA_KEXEC) += ima_kexec.o
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_IMA_BLACKLIST_KEYRING) += ima_mok.o
> > --
>
> This patch changes the kernel command line options
>
>         ima.ahash_minsize
>         ima.ahash_bufsize
>
> to
>         ima_crypto.ahash_minsize
>         ima_crypto.ahash_bufsize
>
> Intentional?

No.
I missed those kernel parameters.
So, please drop this patch.

I see no problem in 3/5, 5/5, but
if composite object is preferred for consistency,
please feel free to drop them as well.

Thanks.

> Note that these are documented in
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt.

-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada