From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarkko Sakkinen Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 08/10] tpm: Proxy driver for supporting multiple emulated TPMs Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:09:16 +0200 Message-ID: <20160316120916.GA14820@intel.com> References: <1457909680-14085-1-git-send-email-stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1457909680-14085-9-git-send-email-stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1457909680-14085-9-git-send-email-stefanb-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tpmdd-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Stefan Berger Cc: dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-doc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-security-module-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, tpmdd-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: tpmdd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 06:54:38PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > This patch implements a proxy driver for supporting multiple emulated TPMs > in a system. > > The driver implements a device /dev/vtpmx that is used to created > a client device pair /dev/tpmX (e.g., /dev/tpm10) and a server side that > is accessed using a file descriptor returned by an ioctl. > The device /dev/tpmX is the usual TPM device created by the core TPM > driver. Applications or kernel subsystems can send TPM commands to it > and the corresponding server-side file descriptor receives these > commands and delivers them to an emulated TPM. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger > CC: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org > CC: linux-doc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org > CC: linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Alternative to this would be to have /dev/vtpmx create: * /dev/vtpm0 for the server * /dev/tpm0 for the client This is how David Howell's PoC worked and that's why I want to make this alternative visible. The server could even respawn without container noticing it. This solution have better availability properties. /Jarkko ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140