Re: + tpm_bios-needs-more-securityfs_-functions.patch added to -mm tree

["Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:51:15 -0800 Greg KH wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 08:40:23PM -0800, akpm@osdl.org wrote:
> > 
> > The patch titled
> > 
> >      tpm_bios: needs more securityfs_ functions
> > 
> > has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
> > 
> >      tpm_bios-needs-more-securityfs_-functions.patch
> > 
> > See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
> > out what to do about this
> > 
> > 
> > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> > 
> > tpm_bios.c needs securityfs_xyz() functions.
> > 
> > Does include/linux/security.h need stubs for these, or should
> > char/tpm/Makefile just be modified to say:
> > 
> > ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
> > ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
> > 	obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_TPM) += tpm_bios.o
> > endif
> > endif
> > 
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c:494: warning: implicit declaration of function 'securityfs_create_dir'
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c:494: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c:499: warning: implicit declaration of function 'securityfs_create_file'
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c:501: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c:508: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c:523: warning: implicit declaration of function 'securityfs_remove'
> > *** Warning: "securityfs_create_file" [drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "securityfs_create_dir" [drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "securityfs_remove" [drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.ko] undefined!
> > 
> > There are also some gcc and sparse warnings that could be fixed.
> > (see http://www.xenotime.net/linux/doc/build-tpm.out)
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> > Cc: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
> > Cc: Kylene Jo Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
> > ---
> > 
> >  include/linux/security.h |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff -puN include/linux/security.h~tpm_bios-needs-more-securityfs_-functions include/linux/security.h
> > --- devel/include/linux/security.h~tpm_bios-needs-more-securityfs_-functions	2006-01-19 20:38:50.000000000 -0800
> > +++ devel-akpm/include/linux/security.h	2006-01-19 20:38:50.000000000 -0800
> > @@ -2617,6 +2617,25 @@ static inline int security_netlink_recv 
> >  	return cap_netlink_recv (skb);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static inline struct dentry *securityfs_create_dir(const char *name,
> > +					struct dentry *parent)
> > +{
> > +	return NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline struct dentry *securityfs_create_file(const char *name,
> > +						mode_t mode,
> > +						struct dentry *parent,
> > +						void *data,
> > +						struct file_operations *fops)
> > +{
> > +	return NULL;
> > +}
> 
> No, these should return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) so that you can actually test
> for a real error in the code, and not have to #ifdef if SECURITY is
> enabled or not (meaning that you can check for NULL for a real error.)

Now that Andrew has changed that (thanks!), the callers in
tpm_bios.c look incorrect.  They only check for 0/non-zero.

Too late for me to fix that tonight.  Maybe *@us.ibm.com can do that.

---
~Randy
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