Improve the comments and README (part II)

[kconfig-hardened-check.git] / kconfig_hardened_check / engine.py

diff --git a/kconfig_hardened_check/engine.py b/kconfig_hardened_check/engine.py
index 8a4ccb8519dbe76323d1feb3dc527201f9ac6127..e9140447c90bf697d9a18b41ef39bc32bb72ead2 100644 (file)
--- a/kconfig_hardened_check/engine.py
+++ b/kconfig_hardened_check/engine.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
 """
-This tool helps me to check Linux kernel options against
-my security hardening preferences for X86_64, ARM64, X86_32, and ARM.
-Let the computers do their job!
+This tool is for checking the security hardening options of the Linux kernel.
 
 Author: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
 
@@ -45,10 +43,6 @@ class OptCheck:
         self.state = None
         self.result = None
 
-    @property
-    def type(self):
-        return None
-
     def check(self):
         # handle the 'is present' check
         if self.expected == 'is present':
@@ -255,7 +249,7 @@ def populate_simple_opt_with_data(opt, data, data_type):
     assert(data_type in SIMPLE_OPTION_TYPES), \
            f'invalid data type "{data_type}"'
     assert(data), \
-           f'empty data'
+           'empty data'
 
     if data_type != opt.type:
         return
@@ -287,6 +281,14 @@ def populate_with_data(checklist, data, data_type):
         populate_opt_with_data(opt, data, data_type)
 
 
+def override_expected_value(checklist, name, new_val):
+    for opt in checklist:
+        if opt.name == name:
+            assert(opt.type in ('kconfig', 'cmdline')), \
+                   f'overriding an expected value for "{opt.type}" checks is not supported yet'
+            opt.expected = new_val
+
+
 def perform_checks(checklist):
     for opt in checklist:
         opt.check()