On 03/16/2016 08:09 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 06:54:38PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
>> This patch implements a proxy driver for supporting multiple emulated TPMs
>> in a system.
>>
>> The driver implements a device /dev/vtpmx that is used to created
>> a client device pair /dev/tpmX (e.g., /dev/tpm10) and a server side that
>> is accessed using a file descriptor returned by an ioctl.
>> The device /dev/tpmX is the usual TPM device created by the core TPM
>> driver. Applications or kernel subsystems can send TPM commands to it
>> and the corresponding server-side file descriptor receives these
>> commands and delivers them to an emulated TPM.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <[email protected]>
>> CC: [email protected]
>> CC: [email protected]
>> CC: [email protected]
> Alternative to this would be to have /dev/vtpmx create:
>
> * /dev/vtpm0 for the server
> * /dev/tpm0 for the client
>
> This is how David Howell's PoC worked and that's why I want
> to make this alternative visible.
My initial implementation had this as well.
>
> The server could even respawn without container noticing it.
> This solution have better availability properties.
A TPM should be stable enough to not have to be respawned...
Stefan
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