linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Implement new ioctl to get supported flags

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Date:   Thu, 4 May 2017 11:31:30 -0600
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Implement new ioctl to get
 supported flags

On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 01:28:17PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:

> >So allowing request_locality to fail from userspace seems reasonable.
> 
> What's the best interface to use for this ?

If locality support is enabled then send a request locality packet to
userspace and block until return, just like command execution?

Jason