RE: [PATCH v2 0/4] rpmb subsystem, uapi and virtio-rpmb driver

[Shyam Saini]

Hi Bing,

Other than PCRs we also want to store Non volatile ftpm data (NVData), 
storing these in volatile DDR shared memory will be a spec violation.

Best Regards,
Shyam

> As an alternative, Is it possible to change ftpm design not to depend on RPMB access at the earlier/boot stage? Because to my understanding, typically PCRs don't require persistent/NV storage (for example, before RPMB or tee-supplicant is ready, use TEE memory instead as temporary storage)
>
> Bing
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> Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] rpmb subsystem, uapi and virtio-rpmb driver
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> [ Resending, Sorry for the noise ]
>
> Are you still working on it or planning to resubmit it ?
>
> [1] The current optee tee kernel driver implementation doesn't work when IMA is used with optee implemented ftpm.
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> The ftpm has dependency on tee-supplicant which comes once the user space is up and running and IMA attestation happens at boot time and it requires to extend ftpm PCRs.
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> But IMA can't use PCRs if ftpm use secure emmc RPMB partition. As optee can only access RPMB via tee-supplicant(user space). So, there should be a fast path to allow optee os to access the RPMB parititon without waiting for user-space tee supplicant.
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> To achieve this fast path linux optee driver and mmc driver needs some work and finally it will need RPMB driver which you posted.
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> Please let me know what's your plan on this.
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> [1] https://optee.readthedocs.io/en/latest/architecture/secure_storage.html
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> Best Regards,
> Shyam