[PATCH v7 2/8] powerpc: add support to initialize ima policy rules

[Mimi Zohar]

On Mon, 2019-10-07 at 21:14 -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
> PowerNV systems uses kernel based bootloader, thus its secure boot
> implementation uses kernel IMA security subsystem to verify the kernel
> before kexec. 

^use a Linux based bootloader, which rely on the IMA subsystem to
enforce different secure boot modes.

> Since the verification policy might differ based on the
> secure boot mode of the system, the policies are defined at runtime.

^the policies need to be defined at runtime.
> 
> This patch implements the arch-specific support to define the IMA policy
> rules based on the runtime secure boot mode of the system.
> 
> This patch provides arch-specific IMA policies if PPC_SECURE_BOOT
> config is enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/Kconfig           |  2 ++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile   |  2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/ima_arch.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/ima.h            |  3 ++-
>  4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/kernel/ima_arch.c
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index b4a221886fcf..deb19ec6ba3d 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -938,6 +938,8 @@ config PPC_SECURE_BOOT
>  	prompt "Enable secure boot support"
>  	bool
>  	depends on PPC_POWERNV
> +	depends on IMA
> +	depends on IMA_ARCH_POLICY

As IMA_ARCH_POLICY is dependent on IMA, I don't see a need for
depending on both IMA and IMA_ARCH_POLICY.

Mimi