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Date:   Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:51:39 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
        "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
        linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ima: don't access a file's integrity status before
 an IMA policy is loaded
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On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:42:06AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Only after an IMA policy is loaded, check, save, or update the cached
> file's integrity status.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>

This commit message doesn't describe what the actual effect of this change is.
Is it fixing something?

- Eric