Re: [PATCH v3] ima: detect changes to the backing overlay file

[Mimi Zohar]

On Wed, 2023-10-25 at 08:59 -0600, Raul Rangel wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 8:39 AM Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +               if (!IS_I_VERSION(backing_inode) ||
> > +                   backing_inode->i_sb->s_dev != iint->real_dev ||
> > +                   backing_inode->i_ino != iint->real_ino ||
> > +                   !inode_eq_iversion(backing_inode, iint->version)) {
> > +                       iint->flags &= ~IMA_DONE_MASK;
> > +                       iint->measured_pcrs = 0;
> > +               }
> > +       }
> > +
> Does this mean I need to mount ext4 with `-o iversion`? Or has it been
> enabled by default?

According to commit 1ff20307393e ("ext4: unconditionally enable the
i_version counter")  it's now enabled by default.
> 
> I can test this patch out sometime this week and verify it fixes the
> performance regression.
> 
> Thanks!

Much appreciated!

-- 
thanks,

Mimi