linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/10] KEYS: X.509: Parse Basic Constraints for CA

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Message-ID: <b0f29738b919e2705d770017f2f1eb0542c2fad4.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2022 06:10:04 -0500
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>, jarkko@...nel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/10] KEYS: X.509: Parse Basic Constraints for CA

> diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_parser.h b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_parser.h
> index a299c9c56f40..7c5c0ad1c22e 100644
> --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_parser.h
> +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_parser.h
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct x509_certificate {
>  	bool		self_signed;		/* T if self-signed (check unsupported_sig too) */
>  	bool		unsupported_sig;	/* T if signature uses unsupported crypto */
>  	bool		blacklisted;
> +	bool		root_ca;		/* T if basic constraints CA is set */
>  }; 

The variable "root_ca" should probably be renamed to just "ca", right?

-- 

thanks,

Mimi