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

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Message-id: <5480529B.7010101@samsung.com>
Date:	Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:24:59 +0200
From:	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	mmarek@...e.cz, 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 21/11/14 16:42, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> 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
>

Right,

David did not address this in his v2 patchset...

- Dmitry

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