Re: [PATCH 2/4] efi/libstub: Add Confidential Computing (CC) measurement typedefs

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On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 21:27, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
<sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 3/5/24 10:00 AM, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> > Hi Ard,
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 at 12:44, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> From: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> If the virtual firmware implements TPM support, TCG2 protocol will be
> >> used for kernel measurements and event logging support. But in CC
> >> environment, not all platforms support or enable the TPM feature. UEFI
> >> specification [1] exposes protocol and interfaces used for kernel
> >> measurements in CC platforms without TPM support.
> >>
> >> More details about the EFI CC measurements and logging can be found
> >> in [1].
> >>
> >> Link: https://uefi.org/specs/UEFI/2.10/38_Confidential_Computing.html#efi-cc-measurement-protocol [1]
> >> Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> [ardb: Drop code changes, keep typedefs and #define's only]
> >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  include/linux/efi.h                    |  1 +
> >>  2 files changed, 80 insertions(+)
> >>
> > [...]
> >
> >> +
> >> +struct efi_cc_event {
> >> +       u32 event_size;
> >> +       struct {
> >> +               u32 header_size;
> >> +               u16 header_version;
> >> +               u32 mr_index;
> >> +               u32 event_type;
> >> +       } __packed event_header;
> >> +       u8 event_data[0];
> > We should define this as a flexible array member instead of a zero-length array?
> > The spec is funny and defines this as event_data[1]. I think we aren't
> > using the sizeof(struct efi_cc_event) anywhere, so if this struct is
> > not used as a member of another struct or an array we can omit it
> > entirely.
>
> Flexible array is also fine or we can just add a comment like "u8[] event follows here"
> like in struct efi_tcg2_event .

Yes. I just noticed I had a typo above. I meant to write "if this
struct *is* used as a member of another struct or an array we can omit
it entirely."

>
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Cheers
> > /Ilias
>
> --
> Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
> Linux Kernel Developer
>




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