On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 01:04:30PM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> [Cc: Chris Fenner, Jonathan McDowell, Roberto]
> 
> On Sun, 2026-01-25 at 21:25 +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > 1. tpm2_get_random() is costly when TCG_TPM2_HMAC is enabled and thus its
> >    use should be pooled rather than directly used. This both reduces
> >    latency and improves its predictability.
> 
> If the concern is the latency of encrypting the bus session, please remember
> that:
> 
> - Not all environments expose the TPM bus to sniffing.
> - The current TPM trusted keys design is based on TPM RNG, but already allows 
> it
> to be replaced with the kernel RNG via the "trusted_rng=kernel" boot command
> line option.
> - The proposed patch removes that possibility for no reason.
> 
> Mimi & Elaine

I'm keeping this patch set in queue branch, possibly picking patches to
some other patch set or they are available for picking to other patch
sets.

BR, Jarkko

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