linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] fix failure of integration IMA with tpm_crb

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Message-ID: <aEmxaJQNfYJwSCd0@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:40:08 +0300
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>
Cc: sudeep.holla@....com, peterhuewe@....de, jgg@...pe.ca,
	stuart.yoder@....com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] fix failure of integration IMA with tpm_crb_ffa

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 04:22:04PM +0100, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> > OK, if ffa_init() is leveled up in the initcall hierarchy, shouldn't
> > that be enough as long as ko's can be found from initramfs?
> 
> As you mentioned, this is handled in Patch #1.
> However, although ffa_init() is called first,
> unless tpm_crb_ffa_init() is also invoked,
> crb_acpi_driver_init() will fail with -EPROBE_DEFER.
> 
> Please note that IMA is always built-in and cannot be built as a module.

Sure but if one needs IMA, then tpm_crb_ffa can be compiled as built-in
with zero code changes.

BR, Jarkko