[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v2 0/4] libcamera: Support openssl as an alternative to gnutls

[Eric Curtin]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 at 11:40, Eric Curtin <ecurtin at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 at 00:08, Laurent Pinchart
> <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This small patch series adds support for openssl as an alternative to
> > gnutls to verify the signature of IPA modules.
> >
> > Compared to v1, I have reorganized the series to move the most
> > controversial part - making the dependency on crypto libraries optional
> > - on top, in patch 4/4 (previously 1/5 and 2/5, squashed together) to
> > allow discussions to continue without blocking the other patches. Patch
> > 4/4, which add libcrypto support, has been modified to not use APIs that
> > are deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0, to support Fedora 36.
> >
> > The dependency on crypto libraries was optional, before we realized that
> > missing IPA protocol serialization made it effectively required in
> > practice. Serialization is now there, so module signature support can be
> > made optional again. This could possibly cause issues for some users who
> > may not notice the missing dependency and wonder why IPA modules run
> > isolated (although that should be a fully supported configuration).
> >
> > To address this, I've documented module signing as recommended in
> > README.md (patch 4/4), and emit a warning at meson setup time when the
> > dependencies are not found. We however all know how often both
> > documentation and warnings are overlooked. If anyone thinks this is a
> > bad idea, I can drop (or modify) patch 4/4.
> >
> > For the rest of the series, please see individual patches.
> >
> > Eric, would you be able to test this on Fedora 36 to check if it fixes
> > the compilation issues you've reported ?
>
> Yes, although I notice it found libcrypto, although I don't see
> -DHAVE_CRYPTO in the compile line or anything like that, although that
> could be my misunderstanding of the build scripts.

Should have clarified, it builds on Fedora 36.

>
>
>
> >
> > Laurent Pinchart (4):
> >   libcamera: meson: Use dependency() to find gnutls
> >   libcamera: pub_key: Gracefully handle failures to load public key
> >   libcamera: pub_key: Support openssl as an alternative to gnutls
> >   libcamera: Make IPA module signing recommended instead of mandatory
> >
> >  README.rst                           |  7 ++--
> >  include/libcamera/internal/pub_key.h |  8 +++--
> >  src/libcamera/ipa_manager.cpp        |  3 ++
> >  src/libcamera/meson.build            | 16 +++++++--
> >  src/libcamera/pub_key.cpp            | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >  src/meson.build                      |  3 +-
> >  6 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >
> >
> > base-commit: fe8941d7d61bd22ed66e5b5615e931c68fdf9bfa
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Laurent Pinchart
> >