[PATCH 1/5] dm: crypto: Define UCLASS API for ECDSA signature verification

Alex G. mr.nuke.me at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 17:09:46 CET 2021


On 1/13/21 10:10 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Alexandru,
> 
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 08:41, Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Define a UCLASS API for verifying ECDSA signatures. Unlike
>> UCLASS_MOD_EXP, which focuses strictly on modular exponentiation,
>> the ECDSA class focuses on verification. This is done so that it
>> better aligns with mach-specific implementations, such as stm32mp.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   include/crypto/ecdsa-uclass.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   include/dm/uclass-id.h        |  1 +
>>   2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 include/crypto/ecdsa-uclass.h
> 
> This needs a test, as do all uclasses in U-Boot. If it isn't easy to
> implement the algorithm then I suppose you could fake it by using an
> easy algorithm like md5, but it does need a test.

I agree. I couldn't find a test for UCLASS_MOD_EXP (for guidance), so 
I'm not sure where to even start.

Alex

> Regards,
> Simon
> 


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