Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] powerpc: expose secure variables to userspace via sysfs

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On 11/5/2019 12:24 AM, Eric Richter wrote:

From: Nayna Jain <nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

PowerNV secure variables, which store the keys used for OS kernel
verification, are managed by the firmware. These secure variables need to
be accessed by the userspace for addition/deletion of the certificates.

This patch adds the sysfs interface to expose secure variables for PowerNV
secureboot. The users shall use this interface for manipulating
the keys stored in the secure variables.

Can this patch be split into smaller set of changes:
1, Definitions of attribute functions like backend_show, size_show, etc.
2, secvar_sysfs_load
3, secvar_sysfs_init
4, secvar_sysfs_exit

+static int secvar_sysfs_load(void)
+{
+	char *name;
+	uint64_t namesize = 0;
+	struct kobject *kobj;
+	int rc;
+
+	name = kzalloc(NAME_MAX_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	do {
+		rc = secvar_ops->get_next(name, &namesize, NAME_MAX_SIZE);
+		if (rc) {
+			if (rc != -ENOENT)
+				pr_err("error getting secvar from firmware %d\n",
+					rc);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!kobj) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		kobject_init(kobj, &secvar_ktype);
+
+		rc = kobject_add(kobj, &secvar_kset->kobj, "%s", name);
+		if (rc) {
+			pr_warn("kobject_add error %d for attribute: %s\n", rc,
+				name);
+			kobject_put(kobj);
+			kobj = NULL;
+		}
+
+		if (kobj)
+			kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD);

kobject_event() will add kobj and free the memory when done using the object?

 -lakshmi



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