Re: [PATCH] ima: initialize the real inode attributes of the iint cache

[Cai Xinchen]

Hi Mimi. Thanks for review.

I mistakenly used integrity_inode_attrs_store. In the next version, I 
will directly use
memset to initialize the real_inode structure.

I double checked b836c4d29f27. That commit also added real_ino and 
real_dev to struct integrity_iinit_cache and started reading them in 
process_measurement(). However, iinit_init_always() only reset 
iint->version, leaving real_ino and real_dev stale. After 309e2b775da8, 
these three variables are encapsulated into integrity_inode_attributes. 
Therefore, I believe b836c4d29f27 is the appropriate Fixes tag. If I 
have missed anything, please let me know.

On 11/2/2026 7:20 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Thanks, Cai.
>
> Instead of calling integrity_inode_attrs_store(), reset the entire real_inode
> structure. The store sets dev and ino to the stacked inode’s values, but at
> allocation time there are no valid real-inode attributes yet, so the fields
> should be cleared. The patch only works because the stacked and real inodes
> happen to be on different superblocks.
>
> The Fixes: tag looks wrong. In b836c4d29f27, real_inode is an unsigned long
> version and init_always() resets it fully.