RE: [RESEND][PATCH] Documentation: added order requirement for ima_hash=

[Roberto Sassu]

> From: Mimi Zohar [mailto:zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 1:48 PM
> On Wed, 2022-01-26 at 15:41 +0800, Guozihua (Scott) wrote:
> >
> >
> > The main issue lies in ima_template_desc_current called by hash_setup,
> > which does not just read ima_template global variable, but also tries to
> > set it if that hasn't been done already. Causing ima_template_setup to quit.
> 
> Right, which calls ima_init_template_list().  So part of the solution
> could be to conditionally call ima_init_template_list()
> in ima_template_setup().
> 
> -       if (ima_template)
> -               return 1;
> -
> -       ima_init_template_list();
> +       if (!ima_template
> +               ima_init_template_list();

Hi Mimi

is it still necessary to call ima_init_template_list() in
template_setup()? I saw it is called in init_ima().

Thanks

Roberto

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES Duesseldorf GmbH, HRB 56063
Managing Director: Li Peng, Zhong Ronghua

> Roberto, what do you think?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Mimi