Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] tpm: Proxy driver for supporting multiple emulated TPMs

From: Stefan Berger
Date: Thu Apr 07 2016 - 11:49:55 EST


On 04/07/2016 08:35 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 02:19:12PM -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 <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks. So I can post a v10 where I have to re-introduce the priv field but put it into the tpm_chip struct. Obviously it needs this field. I am not sure whether you'll let me take the Reviewed-by and Tested-by, though?

Stefan