Re: [PATCH v2] ima: allow users to specify the pcr index with IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX

[Mimi Zohar]

On Fri, 2026-09-04 at 12:09 +0100, Julian Braha wrote:
> The IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX option is currently not visible in the kconfig
> frontend, so it always uses its default, 10. This means that the
> 'range 8 14' is dead code, and users are unable to specify the pcr index
> value.
> 
> In a previous discussion, Mimi explained that users should be able to use
> this config option to specify the pcr index. [1]
> 
> Let's add a prompt for users to specify the pcr index, when EXPERT is
> enabled.
> 
> This dead range was found by kconfirm, a static analysis tool for Kconfig.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1feff118-4afa-4b9c-86f1-271a7a88208f@xxxxxxxxx/T/#mc4efa2491b4937eb7c9e532c29ffba516a70e662 [1]
> Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Julian.  The patch is now queued in the next-integrity branch.

Mimi