linux-kernel - Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH RFC v3 5/5] tpm2: expose resource manager via a device link /dev/tpms<n>

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Date:   Sun, 22 Jan 2017 22:24:53 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH RFC v3 5/5] tpm2: expose resource manager
 via    a device link /dev/tpms<n>

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 09:49:02AM -0800, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-01-20 at 23:05 +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > 'tabrm4' branch has been now rebased. It's now on top of master
> > branch
> > that contains Stefan's latest patch (min body length check) that I've
> > reviewed and tested. It also contains your updated /dev/tpms patch.
> > 
> > I guess the 5 commits that are there now are such that we have fairly
> > good consensus, don't we? If so, can I add your reviewed-by and
> > tested-by to my commits and vice versa?
> 
> We're still failing my test_transients.  This is the full python of the
> test case:
> 
> 
>     def test_transients(self):
>         k = self.open_transients()
>         self.c.flush_context(k[0])
>         self.c.change_auth(self.c.SRK, k[1], None, pwd1)
>         ...
> 
> It's failing at self.c.flush_context(k[0]) with TPM_RC_VALUE.  It's the
> same problem Ken complained about: TPM2_FlushContext doesn't have a
> declared handle area so we don't translate the handle being sent down. 
>  We have to fix this either by intercepting the flush and manually
> translating the context, or by being dangerously clever and marking
> flush as a command which takes one handle.

I'll add interception of flush to the next patch set version.

/Jarkko