linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/6] fs-verity: don't pass whole descriptor to fsverity_verify

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:24:05 -0800
From:   Amy Parker <enbyamy@...il.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
        Victor Hsieh <victorhsieh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] fs-verity: don't pass whole descriptor to fsverity_verify_signature()

On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 10:22 AM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
>
> Now that fsverity_get_descriptor() validates the sig_size field,
> fsverity_verify_signature() doesn't need to do it.
>
> Just change the prototype of fsverity_verify_signature() to take the
> signature directly rather than take a fsverity_descriptor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Amy Parker <enbyamy@...il.com>