Re: [PATCH v3 04/19] fs/kernel_read_file: Remove FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER enum

[Mimi Zohar]

On Fri, 2020-07-24 at 14:36 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER is a "how", not a "what", and confuses the LSMs
> that are interested in filtering between types of things. The "how"
> should be an internal detail made uninteresting to the LSMs.
> 
> Fixes: a098ecd2fa7d ("firmware: support loading into a pre-allocated buffer")
> Fixes: fd90bc559bfb ("ima: based on policy verify firmware signatures (pre-allocated buffer)")
> Fixes: 4f0496d8ffa3 ("ima: based on policy warn about loading firmware (pre-allocated buffer)")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Acked-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you for updating the pre-allocated buffer comment.

Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>