refactor: rename IMAMeasurementActive to IMAAnyMeasurementActive#57
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The previous name implied the probe identified which func= rule was active; the new name clarifies it only detects that at least one measurement rule has fired. Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>
Replace 'active measurement policy' and 'measurement rule has fired' with 'measurement has occurred' throughout doc comments, diagnostics, README, and CHANGELOG. Move CHANGELOG entry to ### Breaking. Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>
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Breaking rename that clarifies the IMA measurement probe semantics.
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FeatureIMAMeasurementActive→FeatureIMAAnyMeasurementActive,ProbeIMAMeasurementActive()→ProbeIMAAnyMeasurementActive(), and theSystemFeatures.IMAMeasurementActivefield →IMAAnyMeasurementActive. The previous name implied the probe identified whichfunc=rule was active; the new name clarifies it only detects that at least one IMA measurement has occurred. The CLI feature name changes fromima-measurement-activetoima-any-measurement-active. TheString()output now includes theIMA any measurement activeline in the Security Subsystems section.Motivation
ProbeIMAMeasurementActiveconflates "some IMA measurement happened" with "the specific measurement rule my caller needs is active." Whenruntime_measurements_count > 1, it returnsSupported: truewithout identifying whichfunc=rule caused the measurement. A caller needingfunc=BPRM_CHECKfor exec hashing (to usebpf_ima_file_hash) could get a false positive if the measurements came from a different rule.This rename is the first step toward a clearer API boundary. Follow-up PRs will add func-specific probes (
ProbeIMAExecMeasurementActive,ProbeIMAFileCheckMeasurementActive) and a rawReadIMARuntimeMeasurementsCountdiagnostic helper.