Re: [RFC][Patch 5/5]integrity: IMA as an integrity service provider

[Mimi Zohar]

On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 20:30 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > > - ima_fixup_inodes looks like it will race and crash against a
> > >   well-timed unmount.  I expect you will need to bump s_count before
> > >   dropping sb_lock.  See writeback_inodes() for an example.
> > 
> > ima_fixup_inodes() is called once at initialization.  
> 
> What is "initialisation"?  During initcalls?  Are there even any files
> in cache at that time?  I bet we can arrange for the answer to become
> "no".

Yes, during the initcalls.  Is this possible even when using
late_initcall().  IMA is dependent on the TPM being available,
if it is being used.

Mimi



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