linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/efi: move common keyring handler functions to new file

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Date:   Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:51:11 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>,
        Matthew Garret <matthew.garret@...ula.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@...ux.ibm.com>,
        George Wilson <gcwilson@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Elaine Palmer <erpalmer@...ibm.com>,
        Eric Ricther <erichte@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@...il.com>,
        Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/efi: move common keyring handler functions
 to new file

(Cc'ing Josh Boyer, David Howells)

On Mon, 2019-09-02 at 21:55 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > The handlers to add the keys to the .platform keyring and blacklisted
> > hashes to the .blacklist keyring is common for both the uefi and powerpc
> > mechanisms of loading the keys/hashes from the firmware.
> >
> > This patch moves the common code from load_uefi.c to keyring_handler.c
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>

> > ---
> >  security/integrity/Makefile                   |  3 +-
> >  .../platform_certs/keyring_handler.c          | 80 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../platform_certs/keyring_handler.h          | 32 ++++++++
> >  security/integrity/platform_certs/load_uefi.c | 67 +---------------
> >  4 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 security/integrity/platform_certs/keyring_handler.c
> >  create mode 100644 security/integrity/platform_certs/keyring_handler.h
> 
> This has no acks from security folks, though I'm not really clear on who
> maintains those files.

I upstreamed David's, Josh's, and Nayna's patches, so that's probably
me.

> Do I take it because it's mostly just code movement people are OK with
> it going in via the powerpc tree?

Yes, the only reason for splitting load_uefi.c is for powerpc.  These
patches should be upstreamed together.  

Mimi