Re: [PATCH 0/2] ima: policy search speedup

[Eric Paris]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The appraisal policy is based on the object metadata, such as the uid,
> so the result is static and can be cached.  The measurement policy, on
> the other hand, is normally based on the subject (eg. who is
> reading/executing) the file.  Knowledge of whether the file has been
> measured is cached in the iint, but unlike the appraisal policy, not
> whether it needs to be measured.  Having the flag on a per inode basis,
> doesn't really help.

Can you try again?  Even I can't parse this.  Not sure what to tell
you to try again, maybe give us a summary at a high level again and
then why this patch is specifically necessary?
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