Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] ftpm: a firmware based TPM driver

From: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
To: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@linaro.org>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
	peterhuewe@gmx.de, jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com, jgg@ziepe.ca,
	corbet@lwn.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] ftpm: a firmware based TPM driver
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 09:02:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190508080232.vzdyvmrqx2apfvlf@holly.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFA6WYPk5Bm11RfaC72g_C8rnMQEPyp-MhtopmDM3Of31v1Z_w@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 10:11:54AM +0530, Sumit Garg wrote:
> + TEE ML
> 
> Hi Sasha,
> 
> Firstly apologies for my comments here as I recently joined
> linux-integrity ML so I don't have other patches in my inbox. Also, it
> would be nice if you could cc TEE ML in future patches, so that people
> are aware of such interesting use-cases and may provide some feedback.

If this kind is desire exists then shouldn't it be captured in
MAINTAINERS?

Daniel.

> 
> On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 23:10, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:56:34AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > >From: "Sasha Levin (Microsoft)" <sashal@kernel.org>
> > >
> > >Changes since v2:
> > >
> > > - Drop the devicetree bindings patch (we don't add any new ones).
> > > - More code cleanups based on Jason Gunthorpe's review.
> > >
> > >Sasha Levin (2):
> > >  ftpm: firmware TPM running in TEE
> > >  ftpm: add documentation for ftpm driver
> >
> > Ping? Does anyone have any objections to this?
> >
> 
> From [PATCH v3 1/2] ftpm: firmware TPM running in TEE:
> 
> > +static const struct of_device_id of_ftpm_tee_ids[] = {
> > + { .compatible = "microsoft,ftpm" },
> > + { }
> > +};
> > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, of_ftpm_tee_ids);
> > +
> > +static struct platform_driver ftpm_tee_driver = {
> > + .driver = {
> > + .name = DRIVER_NAME,
> > + .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(of_ftpm_tee_ids),
> > + },
> > + .probe = ftpm_tee_probe,
> > + .remove = ftpm_tee_remove,
> > +};
> > +
> > +module_platform_driver(ftpm_tee_driver);
> 
> Here this fTPM driver (seems to communicate with OP-TEE based TA)
> should register on TEE bus [1] rather than platform bus as its actual
> dependency is on TEE driver rather than using deferred probe to meet
> its dependency. Have a look at OP-TEE based RNG driver here [2].
> 
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0fc1db9d105915021260eb241661b8e96f5c0f1a
> [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5fe8b1cc6a03c46b3061e808256d39dcebd0d0f0
> 
> -Sumit
> 
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Sasha