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ima_measure_critical_data() and process_buffer_measurement() currently don't return a result as, unlike appraisal-related functions, the result is not used by callers to deny an operation. Measurement-related functions instead rely on the audit subsystem to notify the system administrator when an error occurs. However, ima_measure_critical_data() and process_buffer_measurement() are a special case, as these are the only functions that can return a buffer measurement (for files, there is ima_file_hash()). In a subsequent patch, they will be modified to return the calculated digest. In preparation to return the result of the digest calculation, this patch modifies the return type from void to int, and returns 0 if the buffer has been successfully measured, a negative value otherwise. Given that the result of the measurement is still not necessary, this patch does not modify the behavior of existing callers by processing the returned value. For those, the return value is ignored. Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> (for the SELinux bits) Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.