I don’t mind, please go ahead.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ard
> Biesheuvel
> Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 12:22 AM
> To: Yao, Jiewen <jiewen....@intel.com>
> Cc: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gond...@arm.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io; Leif
> Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com>; Sami Mujawar <sami.muja...@arm.com>;
> Wang, Jian J <jian.j.w...@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v3 0/4] ArmPkg/SecurityPkg: Fixes for
> ArmTrngLib/RngDxe
> 
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 16:42, Yao, Jiewen <jiewen....@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Pierre
> > I don’t have strong opinion.
> >
> > For ARM specific patch, would you please get R-B from ARM expert?
> >
> > I think we need to wait for the response from Ard to confirm.
> >
> 
> These patches
> 
>   SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Correctly update mAvailableAlgoArrayCount
>   SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Conditionally install EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <a...@kernel.org>
> 
> Jiewen, if you don't mind, I will merge those right away.
> 
> For the remaining patch, I am not sure I understand why the behavior
> regarding the zero GUID is correct. Perhaps we could
> revisit/resend/review that patch in isolation?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ard.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gond...@arm.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 11:38 PM
> > > To: devel@edk2.groups.io
> > > Cc: Leif Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com>; Sami Mujawar
> > > <sami.muja...@arm.com>; Yao, Jiewen <jiewen....@intel.com>;
> Wang,
> > > Jian J <jian.j.w...@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel <a...@kernel.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v3 0/4] ArmPkg/SecurityPkg: Fixes for
> > > ArmTrngLib/RngDxe
> > >
> > > Hello Jiewen, Jian,
> > > Do these patches in this set look ok to you ?
> > > - SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Correctly update mAvailableAlgoArrayCount
> > > - SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Conditionally install EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL
> > > - SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Fix Rng algo selection for Arm
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Pierre
> > >
> > > On 2/10/23 10:26, PierreGondois via groups.io wrote:
> > > > Hello Jiewen, Jian,
> > > > Just a reminder in case this was forgotten,
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Pierre
> > > >
> > > > On 1/9/23 13:26, Pierre Gondois wrote:
> > > >> Hello,
> > > >> I was wondering if I should re-arrange the patch in any way/there was
> any
> > > >> concern with the patch set. The first patch of serie was taken, but the
> > > other
> > > >> ones are pending,
> > > >>
> > > >> Regards,
> > > >> Pierre
> > > >>
> > > >> On 11/28/22 14:34, PierreGondois via groups.io wrote:
> > > >>> Hello Ard,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On 11/26/22 15:33, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > > >>>> On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 at 17:18, <pierre.gond...@arm.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> From: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gond...@arm.com>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> v1:
> > > >>>>> - https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/96356
> > > >>>>> v2:
> > > >>>>> - https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/96434
> > > >>>>> - Reformulate commit message.
> > > >>>>> - Do not warn if no algorithm is found as the message
> > > >>>>>       would be printed on non-Arm platforms.
> > > >>>>> v3:
> > > >>>>> - Add the following patches:
> > > >>>>>       1. ArmPkg/ArmTrngLib: Remove ASSERTs in
> > > ArmTrngLibConstructor()
> > > >>>>>          Requested by Ard.
> > > >>>>>          Cf https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/96495
> > > >>>>>       2. SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Conditionally install
> EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL
> > > >>>>>          Do not install EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL if no RNG algorithm is
> > > available.
> > > >>>>>          Cf. https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/96494
> > > >>>>>       3. SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Fix Rng algo selection for Arm
> > > >>>>>          Coming from v2 patch being split.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Some issues were found by Ard/Sami on the RngDxe/ArmTrngLib
> after
> > > >>>>> recent patches were merged. This patch serie intends to fix them.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Pierre Gondois (4):
> > > >>>>>       ArmPkg/ArmTrngLib: Remove ASSERTs in
> ArmTrngLibConstructor()
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Thanks for the fixed
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <a...@kernel.org>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> I pushed this one as #3663 (pending CI verification atm)
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>>       SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Correctly update
> mAvailableAlgoArrayCount
> > > >>>>>       SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Conditionally install EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL
> > > >>>>>       SecurityPkg/RngDxe: Fix Rng algo selection for Arm
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> The remaining code still looks a bit clunky to me. Can't we just
> > > >>>> return an error from the library constructor of the library cannot
> > > >>>> initialize due to a missing prerequisite?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> In RngDriverEntry(), GetAvailableAlgorithms() probe the available
> > > >>> RNG algorithms. If there are none, then we return an error code.
> > > >>> Otherwise we install EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I assume the prerequisite you a referring to is 'checking there is
> > > >>> at least one available RNG algorithm that RngDxe can use', so if
> > > >>> ArmTrngLib's constructor fails, we should not prevent RngDxe to be
> > > >>> loaded (as the RngLib could be used for instance).
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Does it answer your question, or did I understand it incorrectly ?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Regards,
> > > >>> Pierre
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>>      ArmPkg/Library/ArmTrngLib/ArmTrngLib.c        |  5 -----
> > > >>>>>      .../RandomNumberGenerator/RngDxe/ArmRngDxe.c  | 18
> +++++---
> > > ----------
> > > >>>>>      .../RngDxe/Rand/RngDxe.c                      |  9 ++++++++-
> > > >>>>>      .../RandomNumberGenerator/RngDxe/RngDxe.c     | 19
> > > ++++++++++++++-----
> > > >>>>>      4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> --
> > > >>>>> 2.25.1
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> 
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