Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] tpm: add sysfs exports for all banks of PCR registers

[Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>]

Hi Jarkko,

On Sun, 2020-07-26 at 20:25 -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-07-24 at 09:57 +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 08:57:39AM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > use macro magic to create sysfs per hash groups with 24 PCR files
> > > in
> > 
> > 'Use'
> > 
> > Please, just say what the patch does in plain English and dust the
> > magic away.
> 
> The reason for the macro magic comment is that there are 3 checkpatch
> errors and one warning from this, all spurious, because checkpatch
> doesn't understand the syntax of macros that create macros.
> 
> > > them one for each possible agile hash of the TPM.  The files are
> >                                                    ~~
> > 
> > I'd prefer a single space.
> 
> It's still listed in the style guides as best practice for monospaced
> fonts, but at this point I've lost the will to care about it.
> 
> > > plugged in to a read function which is TPM version agnostic, so
> > > this works also for TPM 1.2 although the hash is only sha1 in that
> > > case. For every hash the TPM supports, a group named pcr-<hash> is
> > > created and each of the PCR read files placed under it.
> > 
> > Yeah, the commit message is missing the statement what it does and
> > goes straight away rationalizing "macro magic".
> 
> OK so how about
> 
> ---
> Create sysfs per hash groups with 24 PCR files in them one group, named
> pcr-<hash>, for each agile hash of the TPM.  The files are plugged in
> to a PCR read function which is TPM version agnostic, so this works
> also for TPM 1.2 although the hash is only sha1 in that case.
> 
> Note: the macros used to create the hashes emit spurious checkpatch
> warnings.  Do not try to "fix" them as checkpatch recommends otherwise
> they'll break.
> ---

Any chance of getting this patch at least queued to be upstreamed?

thanks,

Mimi