Re: [GIT PULL] tee async tee supplicant communication for v4.16

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Dec 21 2017 - 10:03:31 EST


On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Jens Wiklander
<jens.wiklander@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Enable async communication with tee supplicant
>
> This pull request enables asynchronous communication with TEE supplicant
> by introducing meta parameters in the user space API. The meta
> parameters can be used to tag requests with an id that can be matched
> against an asynchronous response as is done here in the OP-TEE driver.
>
> Asynchronous supplicant communication is needed by OP-TEE to implement
> GlobalPlatforms TEE Sockets API Specification v1.0.1. The specification
> is available at https://www.globalplatform.org/specificationsdevice.asp.
>
> This change is backwards compatible allowing older supplicants to work
> with newer kernels and vice versa.
>

Pulled into next/drivers, thanks!

Arnd