linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 00/17] Removed nested TPM operations

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Message-ID: <20181119155610.GC13298@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:56:10 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Microchip (AT91) SoC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 00/17] Removed nested TPM operations

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 09:23:03AM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> On 11/18/18 7:47 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > [was Detach TPM space code out of the tpm_transmit() flow but the scope
> >   expanded a bit.]
> > 
> > Make the changes necessary to detach TPM space code and TPM activation
> > code out of the tpm_transmit() flow because of both of these can cause
> > nested tpm_transmit() calls. The nesteds calls make the whole flow hard
> > to maintain, and thus, it is better to just fix things now before this
> > turns into a bigger mess.
> 
> Tested this series with the vtpm proxy test cases:
> 
> 
> Tested-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>

Awesome, thank you! I'll add your tags to the next revision.

/Jarkko