[PATCH RESEND] KEYS: trusted: Fix trusted key backends when building as module

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Mon Nov 1 18:52:14 UTC 2021


Hello Andreas,

On 01.11.21 19:41, andreas at rammhold.de wrote:
> From: Andreas Rammhold <andreas at rammhold.de>
> 
> Before this commit the kernel could end up with no trusted key sources
> even though both of the currently supported backends (TPM and TEE) were
> compiled as modules. This manifested in the trusted key type not being
> registered at all.
> 
> When checking if a CONFIG_… preprocessor variable is defined we only
> test for the builtin (=y) case and not the module (=m) case. By using
> the IS_REACHABLE() macro we do test for both cases.
> 
> Fixes: 5d0682be3189 ("KEYS: trusted: Add generic trusted keys framework")
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Rammhold <andreas at rammhold.de>

You dropped the Reviewed-by Tags. Feel free to add

Tested-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>

as well. You should also keep the patch revision (i.e.
"PATCH (RESEND v3|v3 RESEND"), even for RESENDs.

Thanks!
Ahmad

> ---
> 
> This is a resend becuase of this unfortunate timeline:
>   - 2021-05-09: Regression hits mainline with v5.13-rc1
>   - 2021-07-16: Issue reported. v1 of this patch sent out
>   - 2021-07-21: Ahmad sends out alternative patch to fix issue
>   - 2021-07-27: Jarkko (Maintainer) NACKs Ahmad's patch because of scope
>   - 2021-07-29: v2 with fixes sent out
>   - 2021-07-29: Jarkko gives his Reviewed-by and requests one more v3
>   - 2021-07-31: v3 sent out
>   - 2021-09-13: Pinged, no feedback
>   - 2021-09-27: Pinged, Mimi (Maintainer) comments due to to misunderstanding.
>                 Question about why this is not merged ignored
>   - 2021-10-11: Pinged, no feedback
> 
> v3:
> * Fixed patch formatting
> 
> v2:
> * Fixed commit message
> * Switched from IS_DEFINED() to IS_REACHABLE()
> 
> 
>  security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c
> index d5c891d8d3534..5b35f1b876441 100644
> --- a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c
> +++ b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c
> @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ module_param_named(source, trusted_key_source, charp, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(source, "Select trusted keys source (tpm or tee)");
>  
>  static const struct trusted_key_source trusted_key_sources[] = {
> -#if defined(CONFIG_TCG_TPM)
> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_TCG_TPM)
>  	{ "tpm", &trusted_key_tpm_ops },
>  #endif
> -#if defined(CONFIG_TEE)
> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_TEE)
>  	{ "tee", &trusted_key_tee_ops },
>  #endif
>  };
> 


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