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

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Message-Id: <08065914-2b96-ca1d-2fe0-344472ed9691@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 4 May 2017 13:33:41 -0400
From:   Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.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 05/04/2017 01:31 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> 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?

We would have to invent a command for that...