linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] KEYS: trusted: fix use as module when CONFIG_TCG

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:24:49 +0200
From:   Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
Cc:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Andreas Rammhold <andreas@...mhold.de>,
        David Gstir <david@...ma-star.at>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KEYS: trusted: fix use as module when CONFIG_TCG_TPM=m

On 27.07.21 05:04, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>> Reported-by: Andreas Rammhold <andreas@...mhold.de>
>> Fixes: 5d0682be3189 ("KEYS: trusted: Add generic trusted keys framework")
>> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
> 
> Is it absolutely need to do all this *just* to fix the bug?
> 
> For a pure bug fix the most essential thing is to be able the backport
> it to stable kernels.

Not much happened in-between, so a backport should be trivial.
I can provide these if needed.

> I don't really care at all about extra niceties ("it's now possible
> stuff).
> 
> This looks like a bug fix and improvements bundle into a single patch.

You can replace the #ifdefs with #if IS_REACHABLE in trusted_core.c to fix the
intermediate breakage and then throw that away again to fix the remaining
dependency of trusted keys on TCG_TPM.

If you prefer that, Andreas perhaps could respin his series with
s/IS_ENABLED/IS_REACHABLE/?

Cheers,
Ahmad


> 
> /Jarkko
> 


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