linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] virt: tdx-guest: Add Quote generation support using TSM

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:27:39 -0700
From:   Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>,
        Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@...gle.com>,
        Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>,
        Qinkun Bao <qinkun@...che.org>,
        Guorui Yu <GuoRui.Yu@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] virt: tdx-guest: Add Quote generation support using
 TSM_REPORTS



On 9/20/2023 6:16 AM, Kirill A . Shutemov wrote:
>> +static u8 *tdx_report_new(const struct tsm_desc *desc, void *data, size_t *outblob_len)
>> +{
>> +	struct tdx_quote_buf *quote_buf = quote_data;
>> +	int ret;
>> +	u8 *buf;
>> +	u64 err;
>> +
>> +	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&quote_lock))
>> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINTR);
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * If the previous request is timedout or interrupted, and the
>> +	 * Quote buf status is still in GET_QUOTE_IN_FLIGHT (owned by
>> +	 * VMM), don't permit any new request.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (quote_buf->status == GET_QUOTE_IN_FLIGHT) {
>> +		ret = -EBUSY;
>> +		goto done;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (desc->inblob_len != TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN) {
>> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>> +		goto done;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* TDX attestation only supports default format request */
>> +	if (desc->outblob_format != TSM_FORMAT_DEFAULT) {
>> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>> +		goto done;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	u8 *reportdata __free(kfree) = kmalloc(TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
> __free() is new to me. Good to know.
> 
> But are we okay now with declaring variables in the middle of the
> function? Any reason we can't do at the top?

Declaring variables at the top is no longer a hard requirement. The main reason
for declaring it here is to use __free cleanup function. If we use top
declaration, then we have free it manually.

-- 
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer