linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] KEYS: trusted: Introduce support for NXP CAAM-based trusted keys

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Message-ID: <YGVeKPcrySJCJfhp@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 08:46:16 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] KEYS: trusted: Introduce support for NXP
 CAAM-based trusted keys

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 04:34:29PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 02:31:46AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > 
> > It's a bummer but uapi is the god in the end. Since TPM does not do it
> > today, that behaviour must be supported forever. That's why a boot option
> > AND a warning would be the best compromise.
> > 
> 
> It's not UAPI if there is no way for userspace to tell if it changed.
> 
> - Eric

It's enough uapi for me. People might assume that the entropy source is
TPM for this, since it has been so far.

/Jarkko