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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


             reply	other threads:[~2025-08-23 12:12 UTC|newest]

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
     [not found]   ` <BE42A51A-60C4-4E79-8459-CADEAB8DC3BA@collabora.com>
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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