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

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Message-ID: <5F14DD59-7139-427E-A263-D5DED6EB57F8@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2023 20:14:24 +0000
From:   Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/10] KEYS: X.509: Parse Basic Constraints for CA



> On Jan 4, 2023, at 5:29 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 06:10:04AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
>>> 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?
> 
> Perhaps is_ca?

I am open to renaming this, but need an agreement on whether the “is_” should be used or not:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/b28ea211d88e968a5487b20477236e9b507755f4.camel@linux.ibm.com/