From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
To: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Using Rust on non-Rust side of kernel
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:12:44 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aKmwPFb4cCk_E-ob@kernel.org> (raw)
Hi
As of today can we possibly do this:
1. drivers/char/tpm (C code)
2. drivers/char/tpm/protocol (imported tpm2_protocol)
?
And then build FFI from C to Rust for building commands that we need
today etc.
There's one particular challenge where this could help: early boot code
for D-RTM (i.e., Trenchboot) as given my crate is just a thing in stack
with no deps, it could be linked also to that payload.
This would be much better integration step for TPM2 than having a
separate driver on Rust side. We could start with tpm2-cmd1/cmd2, then
move on to tpm2-space.c i.e. get all structural processing inside Rust.
tpm2_protocol is light on definitions and should not need any kernel
specific Rust shenanigans.
Consider it as value like integer but just a bit more complex internaal
represention but in the end it is just a value on stack.
My goal with tpm2_protocol is to have ACPICA alike model of imports as
the crate is driven by TCG spec updates and it is very likely to be
also used by TPM-RS (also via import style process).
BR, Jarkko
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-23 12:12 Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]
2025-08-23 12:22 ` Using Rust on non-Rust side of kernel Jarkko Sakkinen
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2025-08-23 23:06 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-23 23:12 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-24 1:12 ` Daniel Almeida
2025-08-24 7:15 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-24 9:21 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-23 23:41 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-23 23:50 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-25 12:04 ` Jonathan McDowell
2025-08-25 19:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-25 19:42 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-25 22:29 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-25 23:23 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-26 8:35 ` Jonathan McDowell
2025-08-26 8:56 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2025-08-26 9:13 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
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