Re: [PATCH 1/2] evm: building without EVM enabled fixes

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Fri Aug 12 2011 - 00:09:17 EST


On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 12:52 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Mimi,
>
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:22:51 -0400 Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > - Missing 'inline' on evm_inode_setattr() definition.
> > Introduced by commit 817b54aa45db ("evm: add evm_inode_setattr to prevent
> > updating an invalid security.evm").
> >
> > - Missing security_old_inode_init_security() stub function definition.
> > Caused by commit 9d8f13ba3f48 ("security: new security_inode_init_security
> > API adds function callback").
> >
> > Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/evm.h | 2 +-
> > include/linux/security.h | 7 +++++++
> > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/evm.h b/include/linux/evm.h
> > index db5556d..62deb65 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/evm.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/evm.h
> > @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static inline enum integrity_status evm_verifyxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
> > }
> > #endif
> >
> > -static int evm_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
> > +static inline int evm_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
> > {
> > return 0;
> > }
> > diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> > index 1c528b1..f399cf1 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/security.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> > @@ -2048,6 +2048,13 @@ static inline int security_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
> > return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > }
> >
> > +int security_old_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > + const struct qstr *qstr, char **name,
> > + void **value, size_t *len)
> > +{
> > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +}
> > +
>
> These stub functions *must* be "staic inline" (see my build report on
> linux-next) just like the one you fixed above.
>
> Good plan: if you introduce a function whose existance (or behaviour)
> depends on a CONFIG option, then build test with and without that CONFIG
> option set.

I really did rebuild and test without EVM enabled. sigh, it would have
helped to also configure the filesystems which use the stub function.

Mimi



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