linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 7/7] tpm: pass an array of tpm_bank_list structures to tpm_pcr

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Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:09:48 +0100
From:   Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
CC:     <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>, <david.safford@...com>,
        <monty.wiseman@...com>, <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <silviu.vlasceanu@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 7/7] tpm: pass an array of tpm_bank_list structures to
 tpm_pcr_extend()



On 12/5/2018 1:14 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 09:21:38AM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
>> The new tpm_bank_list structure has been preferred to the tpm_digest
>> structure, to let the caller specify the size of the digest (which may be
>> unknown to the TPM driver).
> 
> Why is that? Didn't previous commit query these?
> 
>> +struct tpm_bank_list {
>> +	u16 alg_id;
>> +	u16 extend_size;
>> +	const u8 *extend_array;
>> +};
> 
> Naming is not good here. If this only for extending shouldn't that
> be in the structs name?

tpm_extend_input?

Roberto


> /Jarkko
> 

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