Re: [PATCH RFC v4 0/5] RFC: in-kernel resource manager

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Sun Jan 22 2017 - 18:51:04 EST


On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 01:44:28AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> This patch set adds support for TPM spaces that provide a context
> for isolating and swapping transient objects. The content does
> not yet include support for policy and HMAC sessions.
>
> There's a test script for trying out TPM spaces in
>
> git://git.infradead.org/users/jjs/tpm2-scripts.git
>
> A simple smoke test can be run by
>
> sudo python -m unittest -v tpm2_smoke.SpaceTest
>
> v2:
> Changed to James' proposal of API. I did not make any other changes
> except split core TPM space code its own patch because I want to find
> consensus on the API before polishing the corners. Thus, this version
> also carries the RFC tag. I have not yet locked in my standpoint whether
> ioctl or a device file is a better deal.
>
> v3:
> - Check TPM return code in tpm_map_response.
> - Reference tracking for /dev/tpms0.
> - clear_bit(is_open) was removed from tpm-dev.c. Added it back.
> - Use response length as the buffer size limit in tpm2_commit_space.
> - This version now passes again my smoke tests.
>
> v4:
> - Lots of small bug fixes and clean ups.
> - Quirk for TPM2_CC_FlushHandle

Thought that this would be a good checkpoint as there was this nasty
issue with flushing and there's been a bunch of improvements to these
commits.

Now there should be more reusable code for sessions.

/Jarkko

> James Bottomley (2):
> tpm: split out tpm-dev.c into tpm-dev.c and tpm-common-dev.c
> tpm2: expose spaces via a device link /dev/tpms<n>
>
> Jarkko Sakkinen (3):
> tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands
> tpm: export tpm2_flush_context_cmd
> tpm: infrastructure for TPM spaces
>
> drivers/char/tpm/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 78 ++++++++-
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c | 145 ++++++++++++++++
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev.c | 140 ++--------------
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev.h | 27 +++
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 113 +++++++++----
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c | 2 +-
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 57 ++++++-
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c | 150 ++++++++++++-----
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c | 336 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/char/tpm/tpms-dev.c | 65 ++++++++
> 11 files changed, 903 insertions(+), 212 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev.h
> create mode 100644 drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/char/tpm/tpms-dev.c
>
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