Re: [PATCH] certs: buffer stderr from openssl unless error

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Wed May 17, 2023 at 7:23 PM EEST,  wrote:
> Running `openssl req` prints a progress meter consisting of `.`, `*`,
> and `+` characters to stderr which we redirect to stdout. During a build
> with `make -j`, the output from this command becomes interspersed
> throughout the rest of the quiet_cmd_* output, messing up the
> indentation.
>
> Suppress the output from this command unless the return code is
> non-zero. If `openssl req` prints additional information to stderr
> without setting a non-zero return code, it will be missed.
>
> Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  certs/Makefile   | 4 +---
>  certs/gen_key.sh | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile
> index 799ad7b9e68a..9b4fee56780d 100644
> --- a/certs/Makefile
> +++ b/certs/Makefile
> @@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY),certs/signing_key.pem)
>  keytype-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY_TYPE_ECDSA) := -newkey ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:secp384r1
>  
>  quiet_cmd_gen_key = GENKEY  $@
> -      cmd_gen_key = openssl req -new -nodes -utf8 -$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_HASH) -days 36500 \
> -		-batch -x509 -config $< \
> -		-outform PEM -out $@ -keyout $@ $(keytype-y) 2>&1
> +      cmd_gen_key = $(srctree)/$(src)/gen_key.sh $(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_HASH) $< $@ $(keytype-y)
>  
>  $(obj)/signing_key.pem: $(obj)/x509.genkey FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,gen_key)
> diff --git a/certs/gen_key.sh b/certs/gen_key.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..1de1f22be484
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/certs/gen_key.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +#!/usr/bin/env bash
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +OUT=$(openssl req -new -nodes -utf8 -"$1" -days 36500 -batch -x509 \
> +	-config "$2" -outform PEM -out "$3" -keyout "$3" $4 2>&1)
> +if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
> +	echo "$OUT"
> +fi
>
> ---
> base-commit: f1fcbaa18b28dec10281551dfe6ed3a3ed80e3d6
> change-id: 20230517-genkey-24a835572835
>
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>

BR, Jarkko