From: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen
<jarkko.sakkinen-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
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Mimi Zohar
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: remove chip_num parameter from in-kernel API
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 20:21:16 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANc+2y4BtQGqtC8RJL1Srrz_kWwhyveV3HBpfO1kikFj+0mHaA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171024182235.d7b3oajc5zcjs57v-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
Hi Jarkko,
On 24 October 2017 at 23:52, Jarkko Sakkinen
<jarkko.sakkinen-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 10:05:20PM +0530, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote:
>> > 1. Every user in the kernel is using TPM_ANY_NUM, which means there are
>> > no other users.
>>
>> Completely agree that there is no in kernel users yet.
>
> And should never be. It's a bogus parameter that makes no sense.
I understood that after seeing latest patch that uses struct tpm_chip.
Sorry for the noise.
>> > 2. Moving struct tpm_rng to the TPM client is architecturally
>> > uacceptable.
>>
>> As there was no response to the patch there is no way to know whether
>> it is acceptable or not.
>
> I like the idea of removing the tpm rng driver as discussed in other
> emails in this thread.
Thank you.
>> > 3. Using zero deos not give you any better guarantees on anything than
>> > just using TPM_ANY_NUM.
>>
>> Chip id is used, not zero.
>
> Sorry I misread the patch first time. Anyway it's not any kind of ID to
> be trusted.
Okay.
>> > Why this patch is not CC'd to linux-integrity? It modifies the TPM
>> > driver. And in the worst way.
>>
>> TPM list is moderated and the moderator has not approved it yet.
>> get_maintainer script did not say about linux-integrity mailing list.
>>
>> It could be doing things in worst way but it is not known until some
>> one says. If no one tells it is the case I don't think it is possible
>> to fix. Which is what happened.
>
> Understood. We've moved to linux-integrity-u79uwXL29TaiAVqoAR/hOA@public.gmane.org MAINTAINERS
> update is in the queue for the next kernel release.
Sorry I never knew this.
>> > Implementing the ideas that Jason explained is the senseful way to
>> > get stable access. modules.dep makes sure that the modules are loaded
>> > in the correct order.
>>
>> If that is sensible then it is the way to go.
>>
>> There must be a reason to believe what is sensible and what is not.
>> Looks like this RFC has helped in judging that.
>>
>> Regards,
>> PrasannaKumar
>
> Would you be interested to work on patch set that would remove the
> existing tpm rng driver and make the TPM driver the customer? It's not
> that far away from the work you've been doing already.
>
> /Jarkko
I am late to the party. Jason has sent a patch doing that by the time
I read this email.
Thanks and regards,
PrasannaKumar
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-25 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-23 12:38 [PATCH] tpm: remove chip_num parameter from in-kernel API Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-23 14:07 ` [tpmdd-devel] " Stefan Berger
2017-10-23 16:31 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2017-10-24 15:44 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
[not found] ` <20171024154440.3jeupmus43jcgbbz-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-24 15:51 ` PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
2017-10-24 15:55 ` [tpmdd-devel] " Jason Gunthorpe
2017-10-24 16:07 ` PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
2017-10-24 16:11 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2017-10-24 16:14 ` PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
2017-10-24 17:46 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2017-10-24 17:56 ` PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
2017-10-24 17:02 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-10-24 17:37 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2017-10-24 17:44 ` PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
[not found] ` <20171024173757.GA1806-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-24 18:04 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-10-24 18:15 ` [tpmdd-devel] " Jarkko Sakkinen
[not found] ` <20171024181512.iaxtzgxexhki7aqr-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-24 18:40 ` Peter Huewe
2017-10-24 16:23 ` [tpmdd-devel] " Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-24 16:35 ` PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
[not found] ` <CANc+2y4vtr+kbhC_7Rv=rHA2LgEVBHLFEu+DYYK1UmpU63PCgQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-24 18:22 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
[not found] ` <20171024182235.d7b3oajc5zcjs57v-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-25 14:51 ` PrasannaKumar Muralidharan [this message]
2017-10-25 19:11 ` [tpmdd-devel] " Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-26 16:23 ` PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
2017-10-24 14:04 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
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