linux-kernel - Re: [Part2 PATCH v6 16/38] crypto: ccp: Implement SEV_PEK

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:00:19 -0500
From:   Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     brijesh.singh@....com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Gary Hook <gary.hook@....com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Part2 PATCH v6 16/38] crypto: ccp: Implement SEV_PEK_GEN ioctl
 command



On 10/23/2017 09:10 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 08:32:57AM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
>> If both the command fails then we return status from the last command.
>> IIRC, in my previous patches I was returning status from sev_do_cmd()
>> instead of sev_platform_shutdown() but based on our previous
>> communication I thought you asked to return the status from the last
>> failed command. Did I miss understood ?
> 
> So my problem is that it looks strange that you save an error value from
> sev_do_cmd() but you don't look at it. And as I said in the other mail,
> you should either ignore it and say so in a comment why it is OK to
> ignore it or handle it but not overwrite it without looking at it.
> 
> Does that make more sense?
> 

I see your point, if both commands failed then I am now inclined towards 
ignoring the error code from shutdown command and add some comments 
explaining why its OK. thanks

-Brijesh