[PATCH v5 4/8] ima: kexec: define functions to copy IMA log at soft boot
Mimi Zohar
zohar at linux.ibm.com
Wed Feb 21 13:52:14 PST 2024
On Wed, 2024-02-14 at 22:55 -0800, Tushar Sugandhi wrote:
>
> On 2/14/24 12:47, Stefan Berger wrote:
> >
> > On 2/14/24 10:38, Tushar Sugandhi wrote:
> ...
> <snip/>
> ...
> > > +void kimage_file_post_load(struct kimage *image)
> > > +{
> > > + ima_kexec_post_load(image);
> > > +}
> > > +
> >
> > We get this here at this point but it disappears later -- missing header?
> >
> > kernel/kexec_file.c:189:6: warning: no previous prototype for
> > ‘kimage_file_post_load’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> > 189 | void kimage_file_post_load(struct kimage *image)
> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> Thanks Stefan.
> I was also getting it.
> But couldn't figure out why. And I was puzzled why it was going away.
>
> Since kimage_file_post_load() is called from the same file in patch 5/8,
> I don't see a need of declaring it in a header file like
> include/linux/kexec.h.
Before trying to "fix" it, is there a need for a wrapper around
ima_kexec_post_load(). ima_add_kexec_buffer() is called directly.
Mimi
>
> Making kimage_file_post_load() local static resolves the warning.
> But then it throws "defined but not used" warning. I will have to call
> it from kexec_file_load syscall in this patch (4/8) instead 5/8 to
> resolve that warning.
>
> I will make the function a stub function in this patch and
> make it call ima_kexec_post_load(image) in the next patch to avoid any
> potential bisect safe issues.
>
> It aligns with the goals of patch 4/8 and 5/8 anyways.
>
> +static void kimage_file_post_load(struct kimage *image)
> +{
> + /*
> + * this will call ima_kexec_post_load(image) to map the segment
> + * and register the reboot notifier for moving the IMA log at
> + * kexec execute
> + */
> +}
> +
>
>
> @@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kexec_file_load, int, kernel_fd,
> int, initrd_fd,
> kimage_terminate(image);
> + if (!(flags & KEXEC_FILE_ON_CRASH))
> + kimage_file_post_load(image);
> +
>
> ...
> ...<snip/>
> ...
>
> > Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.ibm.com>
> Thanks for the tag. I will apply it on the next version.
>
> ~Tushar
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