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[v2,-next] tpm: Fix the type of the return value in calc_tpm2_event_size()

Message ID 20190220022300.25888-1-yuehaibing@huawei.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series [v2,-next] tpm: Fix the type of the return value in calc_tpm2_event_size() | expand

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Yue Haibing Feb. 20, 2019, 2:23 a.m. UTC
calc_tpm2_event_size() has an invalid signature because
it returns a 'size_t' where as its signature says that
it returns 'int'.

Fixes: 4d23cc323cdb ("tpm: add securityfs support for TPM 2.0 firmware event log")
Suggested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
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v2: modify patch title and commit message as Jarkko suggested
---
 drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Jarkko Sakkinen Feb. 20, 2019, 6:31 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:23:00AM +0800, YueHaibing wrote:
> calc_tpm2_event_size() has an invalid signature because
> it returns a 'size_t' where as its signature says that
> it returns 'int'.
> 
> Fixes: 4d23cc323cdb ("tpm: add securityfs support for TPM 2.0 firmware event log")
> Suggested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>

Two remarks:

- git config user.name "Yue Haibing"
- "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" before the fixes tag.

Thanks.

/Jarkko
Jason Gunthorpe Feb. 20, 2019, 4 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 08:31:59AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:23:00AM +0800, YueHaibing wrote:
> > calc_tpm2_event_size() has an invalid signature because
> > it returns a 'size_t' where as its signature says that
> > it returns 'int'.
> > 
> > Fixes: 4d23cc323cdb ("tpm: add securityfs support for TPM 2.0 firmware event log")
> > Suggested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
> 
> Two remarks:
> 
> - git config user.name "Yue Haibing"
> - "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" before the fixes tag.

'Theoretical' bug fixes are not suitable for stable

Jason
Jarkko Sakkinen Feb. 21, 2019, 12:13 p.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 09:00:42AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 08:31:59AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:23:00AM +0800, YueHaibing wrote:
> > > calc_tpm2_event_size() has an invalid signature because
> > > it returns a 'size_t' where as its signature says that
> > > it returns 'int'.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 4d23cc323cdb ("tpm: add securityfs support for TPM 2.0 firmware event log")
> > > Suggested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
> > 
> > Two remarks:
> > 
> > - git config user.name "Yue Haibing"
> > - "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" before the fixes tag.
> 
> 'Theoretical' bug fixes are not suitable for stable

AFAIK there is no hard rule here. For this one line change I think it
makes sense to backport it even if it is only for avoiding conflicts
with future backports.

/Jarkko
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
index d8b7713..f824563 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/tpm2.c
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ 
  *
  * Returns size of the event. If it is an invalid event, returns 0.
  */
-static int calc_tpm2_event_size(struct tcg_pcr_event2_head *event,
-				struct tcg_pcr_event *event_header)
+static size_t calc_tpm2_event_size(struct tcg_pcr_event2_head *event,
+				   struct tcg_pcr_event *event_header)
 {
 	struct tcg_efi_specid_event_head *efispecid;
 	struct tcg_event_field *event_field;