[PATCH v9 2/8] powerpc/ima: add support to initialize ima policy rules

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian nramas at linux.microsoft.com
Fri Oct 25 04:35:11 AEDT 2019


On 10/23/2019 8:47 PM, Nayna Jain wrote:

> +/*
> + * The "secure_rules" are enabled only on "secureboot" enabled systems.
> + * These rules verify the file signatures against known good values.
> + * The "appraise_type=imasig|modsig" option allows the known good signature
> + * to be stored as an xattr or as an appended signature.
> + *
> + * To avoid duplicate signature verification as much as possible, the IMA
> + * policy rule for module appraisal is added only if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE
> + * is not enabled.
> + */
> +static const char *const secure_rules[] = {
> +	"appraise func=KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK appraise_type=imasig|modsig",
> +#ifndef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE
> +	"appraise func=MODULE_CHECK appraise_type=imasig|modsig",
> +#endif
> +	NULL
> +};

Is there any way to not use conditional compilation in the above array 
definition? Maybe define different functions to get "secure_rules" for 
when CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is defined and when it is not defined.
Just a suggestion.

  -lakshmi


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