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SubjectRe: [RFC][Patch 5/5]integrity: IMA as an integrity service provider
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On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 20:30 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > > - ima_fixup_inodes looks like it will race and crash against a
> > > well-timed unmount. I expect you will need to bump s_count before
> > > dropping sb_lock. See writeback_inodes() for an example.
> >
> > ima_fixup_inodes() is called once at initialization.
>
> What is "initialisation"? During initcalls? Are there even any files
> in cache at that time? I bet we can arrange for the answer to become
> "no".

Yes, during the initcalls. Is this possible even when using
late_initcall(). IMA is dependent on the TPM being available,
if it is being used.

Mimi





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