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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: Ken Goldman <kgoldman-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: tpmdd-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: TPM 2.0 RM flushcontext
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:08:03 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170110200803.GB5102@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <o53ei5$sc5$1@blaine.gmane.org>

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 03:01:16PM -0500, Ken Goldman wrote:
> 4 - Is a write() error desirable?  I think the application would prefer 
> a TPM formatted response like TPM_RC_VALUE.

IMHO, I prefer the write errno, but we need to clearly define what our
errnos means. Errnos used by RM should not overlap with errnos from
other parts of our kernel stack.

This makes it clear the kernel is source of the error, not the physical TPM.

Jason

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  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-10 20:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-10 20:01 TPM 2.0 RM flushcontext Ken Goldman
2017-01-10 20:08 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
     [not found]   ` <20170110200803.GB5102-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2017-01-10 22:31     ` TPM 2.0 RM flushcontext returning bad address Ken Goldman
2017-01-10 22:42       ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]         ` <20170110224225.GA5451-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2017-01-11 11:38           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-01-11 19:43           ` Ken Goldman
2017-01-11 19:56             ` James Bottomley
     [not found]               ` <1484164614.2509.31.camel-d9PhHud1JfjCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org>
2017-01-11 20:29                 ` Ken Goldman
2017-01-14 16:45                 ` James Bottomley
     [not found]                   ` <1484412351.2424.7.camel-d9PhHud1JfjCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org>
2017-01-14 18:19                     ` Ken Goldman
2017-01-14 18:32                       ` James Bottomley
2017-01-11 21:55             ` Jason Gunthorpe

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