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

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Message-ID: <ac404fdd-b673-eb49-d6e7-4fc6de561ce1@huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:00:13 +0100
From:   Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.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 12/5/2018 12:53 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> 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

First, we avoid operations that may increase the boot time. Second, the
loop is necessary to obtain the crypto subsystem identifier from a TPM
algorithm identifier.

Roberto


> /Jarkko
> 

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