Re: [RFC 3/6] lib: rspdm: Initial commit of Rust SPDM

[Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 03:46:13PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote:
> This is the initial commit of the Rust SPDM library. It is based on and
> compatible with the C SPDM library in the kernel (lib/spdm).

> +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> @@ -754,6 +754,23 @@ config SPDM
>  	  in .config.  Drivers selecting SPDM therefore need to also select
>  	  any algorithms they deem mandatory.
>  
> +config RSPDM
> +	bool "Rust SPDM"
> +	select CRYPTO
> +	select KEYS
> +	select ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
> +	select ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE
> +	select X509_CERTIFICATE_PARSER
> +	depends on SPDM = "n"
> +	help
> +	  The Rust implementation of the Security Protocol and Data Model (SPDM)
> +	  allows for device authentication, measurement, key exchange and
> +	  encrypted sessions.
> +
> +	  Crypto algorithms negotiated with SPDM are limited to those enabled
> +	  in .config.  Drivers selecting SPDM therefore need to also select
> +	  any algorithms they deem mandatory.

Maybe this (and config SPDM) should be tweaked to mention drivers that
*depend* on SPDM or RSPDM, since they no longer use "select"?

PCI_CMA, which currently depends on SPDM, doesn't really look like a
"driver", so maybe it should say "users of SPDM" or "features
depending on SPDM" or something?