[PATCH 1/7] ima: on soft reboot, restore the measurement list

[Michael Ellerman]

Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> index b5728da..84e8d36 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> @@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ struct ima_queue_entry {
>  };
>  extern struct list_head ima_measurements;	/* list of all measurements */
>  
> +/* Some details preceding the binary serialized measurement list */
> +struct ima_kexec_hdr {
> +	unsigned short version;
> +	unsigned long buffer_size;
> +	unsigned long count;
> +} __packed;
> +

Am I understanding it correctly that this structure is passed between kernels?

If so it's an ABI and should use types with well defined sizes, as if it was
going out to userspace, shouldn't it?

cheers