[PATCH v3 4/6] net: lwip: Enable https:// support for wget

Ilias Apalodimas ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Wed Nov 13 17:11:03 CET 2024


On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 at 18:04, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ilias,
>
> On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 at 08:11, Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 at 17:09, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Ilias,
> > >
> > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 at 07:46, Ilias Apalodimas
> > > <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 at 15:39, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > HI Ilias,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 at 07:20, Ilias Apalodimas
> > > > > <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks Simon,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 at 15:03, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 at 01:32, Ilias Apalodimas
> > > > > > > <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > With the recent changes of lwip & mbedTLS we can now download from
> > > > > > > > https:// urls instead of just http://.
> > > > > > > > Adjust our wget lwip version parsing to support both URLs.
> > > > > > > > While at it adjust the default TCP window for QEMU since https seems to
> > > > > > > > require at least 16384
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > >  cmd/Kconfig      | 19 +++++++++++
> > > > > > > >  net/lwip/Kconfig |  2 +-
> > > > > > > >  net/lwip/wget.c  | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > > > > > > >  3 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Some nits / questions
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I am not sure what mbedtls_hardware_poll() is,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's an entropy collector used by mbedTLS to ensure the platform has
> > > > > > enough entropy.
> > > > > > It's required if your platform doesn't support standards like the
> > > > > > /dev/urandom or Windows CryptoAPI.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > but if @len is too
> > > > > > > short, would it be acceptable to return an error? How many bytes is it
> > > > > > > requesting in the https case?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you don't return enough entropy https:// will fail and mbedTLS &
> > > > > > lwIP will print an error. I think we currently use 128 and the default
> > > > > > for mbedTLS is 32.
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, then the code is quite strange to me. It seems like it should
> > > > > check that 'len' is large enough.
> > > > >
> > > > > But what does 'len' actually mean? Its arguments are not described in
> > > > > mbedtls. Shouldn't you just pass it on to the dm_rng_read() function?
> > > >
> > > > The entry point is mbedtls_entropy_func(). mbedtls then calls
> > > > entropy_gather_internal() which asks for some bytes of entropy and is
> > > > controlled by a config option (and defaults to 128 for the config we
> > > > use in U-Boot -- MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_MAX_GATHER). len is actually
> > > > MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_MAX_GATHER.
> > > >
> > > > > Why call it with only 8 bytes? It might be more bytes than is
> > > > > requested (and larger than the buffer), or fewer.
> > > >
> > > > It doesn't matter because we copy back the correct amount of
> > > > bytes(what the caller requested). If it's less mbedTLS calls that
> > > > function until it gathers all requested entropy.
> > > >
> > > > > It seems that your
> > > > > function is written with knowledge of the internals of mbedtls.
> > > >
> > > > Ofc it is. It's a function needed by mbedTLS -- not U-Boot, it
> > > > requires internal knowledge of it (and is probably part of the ABI,
> > > > but I'll have to check that).
> > > >
> > > > What happens in the TLS case is that 64b are required. We either make
> > > > 8 calls of 8b or make a single call with MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_MAX_GATHER.
> > > >
> > > >  I could rewrite it as
> > > >         uclass_first_device(UCLASS_RNG, &dev);
> > > >         if (!dev) {
> > > >                 log_err("Failed to get an rng device\n");
> > > >                 return ret;
> > > >         }
> > > >
> > > >         rng = malloc(len);
> > > >         if (!rng)
> > > >                 return -ENOMEM;
> > > >
> > > >         ret = dm_rng_read(dev, rng, len);
> > > >         if (ret) {
> > > >                 free(rng);
> > > >                 return ret;
> > > >         }
> > > >
> > > >         memcpy(output, rng, len);
> > > >         *olen = len;
> > > >         free(rng);
> > > >
> > > > It does the same thing but gets 128b in one go. I don't have a strong
> > > > opinion on that. Let me know what you prefer
> > > > The tradeoff seems pretty straightforward. you either gather
> > > > potentially more entropy than required and call that function once, or
> > > > you gather exactly what's required on 8b steps -- but call that
> > > > function multiple times.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW mbedtls_hardware_poll() is a strange name as it actually reads
> > > > > random data, so I think it should be renamed.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think that can't change as you would break all projects using
> > > > it, but you can try sending a patch.
> > >
> > > I am wondering why we can't just do:
> > >
> > > ret = dm_rng_read(dev, rng, len);
> > > if (ret)
> > >    return ret;
> > >
> > > *olen = len;
> >
> > I am not sure I am following. Do that were?
>
> Oh, I had that wrong, so very confusing, sorry. Something like this:
>
> +int mbedtls_hardware_poll(void *data, unsigned char *output, size_t len,
> +                         size_t *olen)
> +{
> +       struct udevice *dev;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       ret = uclass_get_device(UCLASS_RNG, 0, &dev);
> +       if (ret) {
> +               log_err("Failed to get an rng: %d\n", ret);
> +               return ret;
> +       }
> +       ret = dm_rng_read(dev, output, len);
> +       if (ret)
> +               return ret;
> +
> +       *olen = len;
> +
> +       return 0;

Yep, that's identical to what I had above without the allocation,
which indeed isn't needed.
Both of the versions are correct and I ask internally mbedTLS devs if
they have a preference.

In any case feel free to send this, since Tom picked up the patches already

Thanks
/Ilias
> +}
>
> Regards,
> Simon


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