Re: [PATCH v6 5/7] tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms with PCR read

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 07:00:13PM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> On 12/5/2018 12:53 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 09:21:36AM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > > +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tpm2_hash_map); i++) {
> > > +		enum hash_algo crypto_algo = tpm2_hash_map[i].crypto_id;
> > > +
> > > +		if (bank->alg_id != tpm2_hash_map[i].tpm_id)
> > > +			continue;
> > > +
> > > +		bank->digest_size = hash_digest_size[crypto_algo];
> > > +		bank->crypto_id = crypto_algo;
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	return tpm2_pcr_read(chip, 0, &digest, &bank->digest_size);
> > > +}
> > 
> > This is a part that I don't get. Coud you just always call
> > tpm2_pcr_read() instead of this complexity
> 
> First, we avoid operations that may increase the boot time. Second, the
> loop is necessary to obtain the crypto subsystem identifier from a TPM
> algorithm identifier.

I think here would be a comment in place and it would be fine.

/Jarkko