Re: [PATCH 1/7] fs: introduce kernel_pread_file* support

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:24:45 +0200,
Scott Branden wrote:
> 
> Add kernel_pread_file* support to kernel to allow for partial read
> of files with an offset into the file.  Existing kernel_read_file
> functions call new kernel_pread_file functions with offset=0 and
> flags=KERNEL_PREAD_FLAG_WHOLE.

Would this change passes the security check like ima?
I thought security_kernel_post_read_file() checks the whole content
for calculating the hash...


thanks,

Takashi