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Message-ID: <20200401083729.GD17325@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 11:37:29 +0300
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, rjw@...ysocki.net
Cc: linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] acpi: Extend TPM2 ACPI table with missing log fields
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 05:49:49PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
>
> Recent extensions of the TPM2 ACPI table added 3 more fields
> including 12 bytes of start method specific parameters and Log Area
> Minimum Length (u32) and Log Area Start Address (u64). So, we extend
> the existing structure with these fields to allow non-UEFI systems
> to access the TPM2's log.
>
> The specification that has the new fields is the following:
> TCG ACPI Specification
> Family "1.2" and "2.0"
> Version 1.2, Revision 8
>
> Adapt all existing table size calculations to use
> offsetof(struct acpi_table_tpm2, start_method_specific)
> [where start_method_specific is a newly added field]
> rather than sizeof(struct acpi_table_tpm2) so that the addition
> of the new fields does not affect current systems that may not
> have them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
I think I'm cool with this but needs an ack from ACPI maintainer.
Rafael, given that this not an intrusive change in any possible means,
can I pick this patch and put it to my next pull request?
/Jarkko
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