linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] rpmb: add Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) subsystem

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Date:   Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:12:41 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...aro.org>,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Joakim Bech <joakim.bech@...aro.org>,
        Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@...aro.org>,
        Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>,
        ruchika.gupta@...aro.org,
        "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>, yang.huang@...el.com,
        bing.zhu@...el.com, Matti.Moell@...nsynergy.com,
        hmo@...nsynergy.com, linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-nvme@...r.kernel.org, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@...aro.org>,
        Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] rpmb: add Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) subsystem

Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:

> As it seems neither Microsoft nor Apple is paying it much attention
> (+/- new facts) it will be up to the community to define use cases
> for RPMB. I don't know what would make most sense, but the
> kernel keyring seems to make a bit of sense as it is a well maintained
> keyring project.

I'm afraid I don't know a whole lot about the RPMB.  I've just been and read
https://lwn.net/Articles/682276/ about it.

What is it you envision the keyring API doing with regard to this?  Being used
to represent the key needed to access the RPMB or being used to represent an
RPMB entry (does it have entries?)?

David