Re: [PATCH v2] tpm: Fix uninitialized name_size_alg in tpm_buf_append_name()

[Gunnar Kudrjavets <gunnarku@amazon.com>]

On Fri, May 09, 2026 at 07:35 PM Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> wrote:
> This is great observation but it is not a regression technically.
>
> Thus, this really should just state the issue and don't make it look
> like a bug report based on transcript that does not happen in the wild.

Thank you for the feedback, Jarkko. That's a fair point. Since no
in-tree caller exercises this path today, framing it as a regression
is misleading. I'm happy to rework the commit description to present
it as a proactive hardening fix rather than a bug report, and drop the
Fixes tag accordingly.

> I guess this is better than parameter removal since name caching would
> make sense [1] in future.

Agreed. Keeeping the name parameter functional makes the API ready
for name caching without further changes.

Would you prefer I resend with the adjusted description, or would you
like to suggest specific wording? Happy to go either way.

Gunnar