linux-kernel - [PATCH] tpm: access command header through struct in tpm_try

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Message-Id: <20181103003416.6865-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Sat,  3 Nov 2018 02:34:16 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] tpm: access command header through struct in  tpm_try_transmit()

Instead of accessing fields of the command header through offsets to
the raw buffer, it is a better idea to use the header struct pointer
that is already used elsewhere in the function.

Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index 967de254b156..dd97a17243e3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ static ssize_t tpm_try_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip,
 	if (bufsiz > TPM_BUFSIZE)
 		bufsiz = TPM_BUFSIZE;
 
-	count = be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *) (buf + 2)));
-	ordinal = be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *) (buf + 6)));
+	count = be32_to_cpu(header->length);
+	ordinal = be32_to_cpu(header->return_code);
 	if (count == 0)
 		return -ENODATA;
 	if (count > bufsiz) {
-- 
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