[RFC][PATCH 04/12] digest_lists: Objects

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 06:56:06PM +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> +++ b/security/integrity/digest_lists/digest_lists.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2005,2006,2007,2008 IBM Corporation
> + * Copyright (C) 2017-2021 Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
> + *
> + * Author: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
> + * License.
> + *
> + * File: digest_lists.h
> + *      Unexported definitions for digest lists.

Unexported to whom?

> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __DIGEST_LISTS_INTERNAL_H
> +#define __DIGEST_LISTS_INTERNAL_H
> +
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/crypto.h>
> +#include <linux/fs.h>
> +#include <linux/security.h>
> +#include <linux/hash.h>
> +#include <linux/tpm.h>
> +#include <linux/audit.h>
> +#include <crypto/hash_info.h>
> +#include <linux/hash_info.h>
> +#include <uapi/linux/digest_lists.h>
> +
> +#define MAX_DIGEST_SIZE	64
> +#define HASH_BITS 10
> +#define MEASURE_HTABLE_SIZE (1 << HASH_BITS)
> +
> +struct digest_list_item {
> +	loff_t size;
> +	u8 *buf;
> +	u8 actions;
> +	u8 digest[64];
> +	enum hash_algo algo;
> +	const char *label;
> +};
> +
> +struct digest_list_item_ref {
> +	struct digest_list_item *digest_list;
> +	loff_t digest_offset;
> +	loff_t hdr_offset;
> +};
> +
> +struct digest_item {
> +	/* hash table pointers */
> +	struct hlist_node hnext;
> +	/* digest list references (protected by RCU) */
> +	struct digest_list_item_ref *refs;
> +};
> +
> +struct h_table {
> +	atomic_long_t len;

Why is this atomic?  Why would that matter?

> +	struct hlist_head queue[MEASURE_HTABLE_SIZE];
> +};
> +
> +static inline unsigned int hash_key(u8 *digest)
> +{
> +	return (digest[0] | digest[1] << 8) % MEASURE_HTABLE_SIZE;
> +}

Don't we have hashing functions in the kernel already?

> +
> +static inline struct compact_list_hdr *get_hdr(
> +					struct digest_list_item *digest_list,
> +					loff_t hdr_offset)
> +{
> +	return (struct compact_list_hdr *)(digest_list->buf + hdr_offset);
> +}

pointer math feels rough, are you shure you want to do this this way?

thanks,

greg k-h