[PATCH v3 4/5] tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms with PCR read
Roberto Sassu
roberto.sassu at huawei.com
Mon Nov 5 13:09:12 UTC 2018
On 11/5/2018 1:01 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 10:47:19AM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
>>> Commit 1db15344f874 ("tpm: implement TPM 2.0 capability to get active
>>> PCR banks") defined active_banks[7]. Subsequently, commit
>>> 4d23cc323cdb ("tpm: add securityfs support for TPM 2.0 firmware event
>>> log") defined TPM2_PCR_ACTIVE_BANKS as 3. I'm not sure which is the
>>> correct value, but the number of active_banks should not be hard coded
>>> here.
>>
>> Jarkko, should I change the value of TPM2_PCR_ACTIVE_BANKS, or set the
>> size of the active_banks array to TPM2_PCR_ACTIVE_BANKS?
>
> Hi, sorry I missed your patch set. Please add me either to 'To' or 'Cc'
> field of the email if you want a quick response.
>
> I think the implementation is flakky in both places and should be fixed
> before doing any other changes. Thanks James for pointing out these
> commits.
>
> What you need to do is to create a prequel commit that reads the number
> of banks to a variable e.g.
>
> unsigned int nr_active_banks;
>
> and allocate 'active_banks' dynamically and change the places that
> James pointed out. I guess it is OK to have a commit with two 'Fixes'
> tags.
Ok, then I can remove patch 1/5 if nr_active_banks is included in the
tpm_chip structure.
Roberto
> /Jarkko
>
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