Re: [PATCH v5 12/21] tpm: move pcr extend code to tpm2-cmd.c

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 10:24:09PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jarkko Sakkinen [mailto:jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 15:02
> > To: Winkler, Tomas <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>; Nayna Jain
> > <nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Usyskin, Alexander
> > <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>; Struk, Tadeusz <tadeusz.struk@xxxxxxxxx>;
> > linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 12/21] tpm: move pcr extend code to tpm2-cmd.c
> > 
> > On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:58:25AM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 01:30:26AM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > > > > Add tpm2_pcr_extend() function to tpm2-cmd.c with signature
> > > > > required by tpm-interface.c. It wraps the original open code
> > implementation.
> > > > > The original original tpm2_pcr_extend() function is renamed to
> > > > > __tpm2_pcr_extend() and made static, it is called only from new
> > > > > tpm2_pcr_extend().
> > > > >
> > > > > Fix warnings in __tpm2_pcr_extend()
> > > > > tpm2-cmd.c:251:16: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
> > > > > integer expressions [-Wsign-compare]
> > > > > tpm2-cmd.c:252:17: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
> > > > > integer expressions [-Wsign-compare]
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > We do not want the signature change, especially because as we are
> > > > working on getting Roberto's changes in and also because it has
> > > > absolutely a zero gain. Who cares if those functions take different
> > parameters? I don't.
> > >
> > > Yes, we do care this series tries to have a clean cut between 1.x  and 2.x
> > specs. Please, let's finish one transformation and then move to another.
> > > I understand that Roberto will have to rebase anyhow, if this series goes in
> > first, if this is hard I can do it myself, it's trivial.
> > >
> > > Tomas
> > 
> > I'm happy to tune this minor stuff.
> What minor stuff?  This patch is just okay, let's change the API in next round.

The patch is not okay because it does a completely unnecessary API
change.

/Jarkko