Re: [PATCH v2] tpm: Move Linux RNG connection to hwrng

PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
2017-11-12T05:27:32Z

Hi Jason,

On 9 November 2017 at 21:59, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 09:49:33PM +0530, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote:
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> On 7 November 2017 at 21:34, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 08:50:44AM +0530, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote:
>> >
>> >> I am assuming you are talking about the following patches - using
>> >> struct tpm_chip instead of chip number and this patch.
>> >
>> > yes
>> >
>> >> I won't be able to test if struct tpm_chip usage as I don't have
>> >> multiple tpm hw in one machine. In case of tpm rng changes I can test
>> >> only the lifecycle of tpm rng device. Is that enough? I feel my test
>> >> will be limited. Please provide your thoughts on this.
>> >
>> > That is certainly better than no testing.
>>
>> The struct tpm_chip patch partially applied on linux next. I had to
>> manually change the code. In qemu tpm rng device did not show up on
>> loading tpm module. My laptop has tpm hw but Linux next did not work
>> properly in that. All my console were getting spammed with some USB
>> log message and I could not do anything. X did not start either. I
>> could not debug the issue as the logs were printing infinitely. Will
>> get little more time this weekend. Will do a proper test and provide
>> you the result.
>
> Test against 4.15-rc, here are the two patches
>
> https://github.com/jgunthorpe/linux/tree/tpm
>
> Pull from here and merge the latest rc and you will probably have a
> bootable system.
>
> Jason

Applied this patch on v4.14-rc4. Able to get data from tpm rng
(/dev/hwrng with tpm as the chosen rng). This patch works fine. Its
just a basic test though.

Tested-by: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@gmail.com>

Regards,
PrasannaKumar