linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 5/7] tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms with PCR read

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Date:   Tue, 4 Dec 2018 15:53:54 -0800
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.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 5/7] tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms
 with PCR read

On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 09:21:36AM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tpm2_hash_map); i++) {
> +		enum hash_algo crypto_algo = tpm2_hash_map[i].crypto_id;
> +
> +		if (bank->alg_id != tpm2_hash_map[i].tpm_id)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		bank->digest_size = hash_digest_size[crypto_algo];
> +		bank->crypto_id = crypto_algo;
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	return tpm2_pcr_read(chip, 0, &digest, &bank->digest_size);
> +}

This is a part that I don't get. Coud you just always call
tpm2_pcr_read() instead of this complexity

/Jarkko