Re: [PATCH 02/24] Add the ability to lock down access to the running kernel image

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Apr 06 2017 - 06:43:34 EST


James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > +static __read_mostly bool kernel_locked_down;
>
> How about marking this __ro_after_init if ALLOW_LOCKDOWN_LIFT is not
> configured?

I guess lock_kernel_down() would need to be __init also in that case.

Also, the implementation of lift_kernel_lockdown() should be conditional on
CONFIG_ALLOW_LOCKDOWN_LIFT.

David