linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] X.509: Extract both parts of the AuthorityKeyIdentifier

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Message-ID: <20141121144245.GA22306@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:42:45 -0500
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	mmarek@...e.cz, d.kasatkin@...sung.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] X.509: Extract both parts of the
 AuthorityKeyIdentifier

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 04:54:03PM +0000, David Howells wrote:

[..]
> diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_parser.h b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_parser.h
> index 3dfe6b5d6f0b..223b72344060 100644
> --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_parser.h
> +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_parser.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ struct x509_certificate {
>  	char		*subject;		/* Name of certificate subject */
>  	struct asymmetric_key_id *id;		/* Serial number + issuer */
>  	struct asymmetric_key_id *skid;		/* Subject + subjectKeyId (optional) */
> -	struct asymmetric_key_id *authority;	/* Authority key identifier (optional) */
> +	struct asymmetric_key_id *auth_id;	/* CA AuthKeyId matching ->id (optional) */
> +	struct asymmetric_key_id *auth_skid;	/* CA AuthKeyId matching ->skid (optional) */

A very minor nit. It might help if we put additional comment to explain what
auth_id and auth_skid are composed of (like other key ids).

auth_id /* akid issuer + akid serial */
auth_skid /* issuer + akid keyid */

Thanks
Vivek
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