linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/6] KEYS: trusted: improve scalability of trust source config

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Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:18:47 +0200
From: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: "David Gstir" <david@...ma-star.at>, "Mimi Zohar" <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/6] KEYS: trusted: improve scalability of trust
 source config

On Thu Mar 7, 2024 at 5:38 PM EET, David Gstir wrote:
> Enabling trusted keys requires at least one trust source implementation
> (currently TPM, TEE or CAAM) to be enabled. Currently, this is
> done by checking each trust source's config option individually.
> This does not scale when more trust sources like the one for DCP
> are added.

nit: just to complete sentence and tie up the story "added because ..."

>
> Add config HAVE_TRUSTED_KEYS which is set to true by each trust source
> once its enabled and adapt the check for having at least one active trust
> source to use this option. Whenever a new trust source is added, it now
> needs to select HAVE_TRUSTED_KEYS.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gstir <david@...ma-star.at>
> ---
>  security/keys/trusted-keys/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/keys/trusted-keys/Kconfig b/security/keys/trusted-keys/Kconfig
> index dbfdd8536468..553dc117f385 100644
> --- a/security/keys/trusted-keys/Kconfig
> +++ b/security/keys/trusted-keys/Kconfig
> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
> +config HAVE_TRUSTED_KEYS
> +	bool
> +
>  config TRUSTED_KEYS_TPM
>  	bool "TPM-based trusted keys"
>  	depends on TCG_TPM >= TRUSTED_KEYS
> @@ -9,6 +12,7 @@ config TRUSTED_KEYS_TPM
>  	select ASN1_ENCODER
>  	select OID_REGISTRY
>  	select ASN1
> +	select HAVE_TRUSTED_KEYS
>  	help
>  	  Enable use of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) as trusted key
>  	  backend. Trusted keys are random number symmetric keys,
> @@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ config TRUSTED_KEYS_TEE
>  	bool "TEE-based trusted keys"
>  	depends on TEE >= TRUSTED_KEYS
>  	default y
> +	select HAVE_TRUSTED_KEYS
>  	help
>  	  Enable use of the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) as trusted
>  	  key backend.
> @@ -29,10 +34,11 @@ config TRUSTED_KEYS_CAAM
>  	depends on CRYPTO_DEV_FSL_CAAM_JR >= TRUSTED_KEYS
>  	select CRYPTO_DEV_FSL_CAAM_BLOB_GEN
>  	default y
> +	select HAVE_TRUSTED_KEYS
>  	help
>  	  Enable use of NXP's Cryptographic Accelerator and Assurance Module
>  	  (CAAM) as trusted key backend.
>  
> -if !TRUSTED_KEYS_TPM && !TRUSTED_KEYS_TEE && !TRUSTED_KEYS_CAAM
> -comment "No trust source selected!"
> +if !HAVE_TRUSTED_KEYS
> +	comment "No trust source selected!"
>  endif

otherwise, it is in reasonable shape and form.

BR, Jarkko