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SubjectRe: [PATCH] add tpm_xenu.ko: Xen Virtual TPM frontend driver
On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 09:05:26AM -0500, Matthew Fioravante wrote:
> On 11/06/2012 02:39 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> >On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 10:09:57AM -0500, Matthew Fioravante wrote:
> >>This patch ports the xen vtpm frontend driver for linux
> >>from the linux-2.6.18-xen.hg tree to linux-stable.
> >So how does on test it ? Set it up? Use it? Is there some documentation
> >about it - if so it should be in the patch description.
> Thats actually a question I had. To use this driver now you have to
> use my vtpm mini-os domains which are currently being evaluated in
> the xen-devel mailing list. Once they are accepted I will submit a
> documentation update to the Xen tree.
>
> Whats the best practice for documentation in this case? All in xen?
> Some linux/some xen? If the latter, how much goes in linux and
> where?

As much as possible. I would say stick both of them in Xen and in Linux.
And you can designate one of them as primary (say the Xen one) and
say in the Linux:

"For up-to-date information, please refer to XXYYZZ"

> >
> >I did a very very cursory look at it, see some of the comments.
> >
> >>
> >>+
> >>+
> >>+static inline struct transmission *transmission_alloc(void)
> >>+{
> >>+ return kzalloc(sizeof(struct transmission), GFP_ATOMIC);
> >>+}
> >>+
> >>+ static unsigned char *
> >
> >That is very weird tabbing? Did you run this patch through
> >scripts/checkpatch.pl ?
> Wow thats ugly. I ran the check script and it looks like it didn't
> pick this up. For some reason my editor wants to autoindent like
> that.
> Fixed.
> >
> >>+
> >>+static const struct file_operations vtpm_ops = {
> >>+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> >>+ .llseek = no_llseek,
> >>+ .open = tpm_open,
> >>+ .read = tpm_read,
> >>+ .write = tpm_write,
> >>+ .release = tpm_release,
> >>+};
> >>+
> >>+static DEVICE_ATTR(pubek, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_pubek, NULL);
> >>+static DEVICE_ATTR(pcrs, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_pcrs, NULL);
> >>+static DEVICE_ATTR(enabled, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_enabled, NULL);
> >>+static DEVICE_ATTR(active, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_active, NULL);
> >>+static DEVICE_ATTR(owned, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_owned, NULL);
> >>+static DEVICE_ATTR(temp_deactivated, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_temp_deactivated,
> >>+ NULL);
> >>+static DEVICE_ATTR(caps, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_caps, NULL);
> >>+static DEVICE_ATTR(cancel, S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP, NULL, tpm_store_cancel);
> >>+
> >>+static struct attribute *vtpm_attrs[] = {
> >>+ &dev_attr_pubek.attr,
> >>+ &dev_attr_pcrs.attr,
> >>+ &dev_attr_enabled.attr,
> >>+ &dev_attr_active.attr,
> >>+ &dev_attr_owned.attr,
> >>+ &dev_attr_temp_deactivated.attr,
> >>+ &dev_attr_caps.attr,
> >>+ &dev_attr_cancel.attr,
> >>+ NULL,
> >So are these going to show up in SysFS? If so, there should also be
> >a corresponding file in Documentation/.../sysfs/something.
> These are similar to the entries made by the other tpm drivers. I
> don't see any documentation about those either. TPM maintainers, any
> guidance there?
> >
> >>+#include "tpm.h"
> >>+#include "tpm_vtpm.h"
> >>+
> >>+#undef DEBUG
> >>+
> >>+#define GRANT_INVALID_REF 0
> >Interesting. The 0 grant value is actually a valid one. I think you
> >want (-1ULL).
> Is it?
> drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c and
> drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
>
> do the exact same thing

You are right. Just leave it as that then.

> >>+
> >>+ init_tpm_xenbus();
> >>+ return 0;
> >>+}
> >>+
> >>+
> >>+module_init(tpmif_init);
> >no module_exit?
> Will fix
>
>




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