Re: [RFC][Patch 2/3]integrity: IMA as an integrity service provider

[James Morris]

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Mimi Zohar wrote:


> +/* what could we exclude
> + *   - non-executable/non-library files ?
> + *   - /proc /dev ?
> + * Only measure files opened for read-only or execute
> + */
> +static int skip_measurement(struct inode *inode, int mask)
> +{
> +	if ((inode->i_sb->s_magic == PROC_SUPER_MAGIC) ||
> +	    (inode->i_sb->s_magic == SYSFS_MAGIC)) {
> +		return 1;	/*can't measure */
> +	}

I'm pretty sure you should skip measurement for many more pseudo 
filesystems than this.



- James
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