linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 21/25] powerpc/pseries: Add helper to get PLPKS password length

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Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:42:07 -0500
From:   Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ruscur@...sell.cc, bgray@...ux.ibm.com, nayna@...ux.ibm.com,
        gcwilson@...ux.ibm.com, gjoyce@...ux.ibm.com, brking@...ux.ibm.com,
        sudhakar@...ux.ibm.com, erichte@...ux.ibm.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        zohar@...ux.ibm.com, joel@....id.au, npiggin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 21/25] powerpc/pseries: Add helper to get PLPKS
 password length



On 1/31/23 01:39, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> From: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
> 
> Add helper function to get the PLPKS password length. This will be used
> in a later patch to support passing the password between kernels over
> kexec.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>

> 
> ---
> 
> v3: New patch
> 
> v5: Drop plpks_get_password() since we no longer need to expose it.
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/plpks.h       | 5 +++++
>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 5 +++++
>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/plpks.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/plpks.h
> index 0c49969b0864..757313e00521 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/plpks.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/plpks.h
> @@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ u32 plpks_get_maxlargeobjectsize(void);
>    */
>   u64 plpks_get_signedupdatealgorithms(void);
>   
> +/**
> + * Returns the length of the PLPKS password in bytes.
> + */
> +u16 plpks_get_passwordlen(void);
> +
>   #endif // CONFIG_PSERIES_PLPKS
>   
>   #endif // _ASM_POWERPC_PLPKS_H
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
> index 926b6a927326..6940280ae94a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
> @@ -359,6 +359,11 @@ u64 plpks_get_signedupdatealgorithms(void)
>   	return signedupdatealgorithms;
>   }
>   
> +u16 plpks_get_passwordlen(void)
> +{
> +	return ospasswordlength;
> +}
> +
>   bool plpks_is_available(void)
>   {
>   	int rc;