Re: [GIT PULL] TPM DEVICE DRIVER: tpmdd-next-v6.18-rc2

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 03:03:39PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> The following changes since commit f406055cb18c6e299c4a783fc1effeb16be41803:
> 
>   Merge tag 'arm64-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux (2025-10-17 13:04:21 -1000)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-tpmdd.git tags/tpmdd-next-v6.18-rc2
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to dbfdaeb381a49a7bc753d18e2876bc56a15e01cc:
> 
>   tpm_crb: Add idle support for the Arm FF-A start method (2025-10-18 14:33:22 +0300)
> 
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> Hi,
> 
> If possible, could you still pick this change for v6.18 [1]? The change in
> question  corrects the state transitions for ARM FF-A to match the spec and
> how tpm_crb behaves on other platforms.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/aPN59bwcUrieMACf@kernel.org/
> 
> BR, Jarkko
> 
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> Stuart Yoder (1):
>       tpm_crb: Add idle support for the Arm FF-A start method
> 
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

I don't have the specific hardware to test this but I did a quick
compilation test:

make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- ARCH=arm64 tinyconfig && ./scripts/config --file .config -e CONFIG_KEYS -e CONFIG_TCG_TPM -e CONFIG_64BIT -e CONFIG_TRUSTED_KEYS -e CONFIG_TTY -e CONFIG_PROCFS -e CONFIG_SYSFS -e CONFIG_TCG_VTPM_PROXY -e CONFIG_EFI -e CONFIG_ACPI -e CONFIG_ARM_FFA_TRANSPORT -e CONFIG_TCG_CRB && yes '' | make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- ARCH=arm64 oldconfig && make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- ARCH=arm64 -j$(nproc)

And in addition with similar features x86 compilation test and run
my smoke tests with swtpm emulating tpm_crb (kselftest, keyring,
trusted keys type of stuff automated).

Those should localize any possible corrateral damage to only FFA,
if any (and not very likely).

BR, Jarkko