ima_queue_stage(9)

💅 ima_queue_stage(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to ima_queue_stage from the Kernel API Manual, and trust me when I say this little function is doing the most in the background so you don't have to 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ima_queue_stage — stage all the measurements, like a little backstage pass for your measurement records 🎀

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int ima_queue_stage (void );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. none. zero. the function said "I need nothing from you" and honestly? iconic 💅

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the vibe check 👑 — this function only does its thing when three conditions line up, and you have to check all of them, no skipping:

• the staged measurements list is empty, and
• the current measurements list is not empty, and
• measurement is not suspended.

If all three hit, it moves the measurements from the current list over to the staged one, and it updates the number of records and the binary run-time size accordingly. like, bookkeeping stays accurate, periodt ✨

⚠️ and here's the important bit, bestie: staging is not allowed after measurement is suspended. that's on purpose — it means dumping measurements can be done in a lockless way. no cap, that's the whole reason 🙈

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💀 RETURN 💀

• Zero on success 🎉
• a negative value otherwise 😭

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
• ima_queue_staged_delete_all(9)
• ima_queue_delete_partial(9)
• ima_queue_delete(9)

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okay that's the whole page, go be a main character with your staged measurements 💖

later, bestie — this came from ./security/integrity/ima, dated October 2026, and it's ima_queue_stage(9) all the way down 🦋✨🎀