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On 07/01/2014 01:12 PM, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> +	ima_ahash=	[IMA] Asynchronous hash usage parameters
> +			Format: <min_file_size>
> +			Set the minimal file size when use asynchronous hash.
> +			If ima_ahash is not provided, ahash usage is disabled.

<groan> ... another boot option...

Can we just set this to something sane, and then make a sysctl or
something else at runtime to tweak it?  The kernel won't use IMA much
before userspace comes up, and it can surely live with a slightly
suboptimal tuning until the boot scripts have a chance to go bang the
tunable.

We should reserve command-line parameters for things that really need
tweaking in early boot or are _needed_ to boot.
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