Re: [v9,3/4] tpm: Initialize TPM and get durations and timeouts

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 08:58:47AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> On 03/31/2016 04:24 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 02:19:13PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> >>Add the retrieval of TPM 1.2 durations and timeouts. Since this requires
> >>the startup of the TPM, do this for TPM 1.2 and TPM 2.
> 
> >>@@ -343,6 +362,55 @@ static const struct tpm_class_ops vtpm_proxy_tpm_ops = {
> >>  };
> >>  /*
> >>+ * Code related to the startup of the TPM 2 and startup of TPM 1.2 +
> >>+ * retrieval of timeouts and durations.
> >>+ */
> >>+
> >>+static void vtpm_proxy_work(struct work_struct *work)
> >>+{
> >>+	struct proxy_dev *proxy_dev = container_of(work, struct proxy_dev,
> >>+						   work);
> >>+	int rc;
> >>+
> >>+	if (proxy_dev->flags & VTPM_PROXY_FLAG_TPM2)
> >>+		rc = tpm2_startup(proxy_dev->chip, TPM2_SU_CLEAR);
> >>+	else
> >>+		rc = tpm_get_timeouts(proxy_dev->chip);
> >>+
> >>+	if (rc)
> >>+		goto err;
> >>+
> >>+	rc = tpm_chip_register(proxy_dev->chip);
> >>+	if (rc)
> >>+		goto err;
> >>+
> >>+	return;
> >>+
> >>+err:
> >>+	vtpm_proxy_fops_undo_open(proxy_dev);
> >>+}
> >>+
> >>+/*
> >>+ * vtpm_proxy_work_stop: make sure the work has finished
> >>+ *
> >>+ * This function is useful when user space closed the fd
> >>+ * while the driver still determines timeouts.
> >>+ */
> >>+static void vtpm_proxy_work_stop(struct proxy_dev *proxy_dev)
> >>+{
> >>+	vtpm_proxy_fops_undo_open(proxy_dev);
> >>+	flush_work(&proxy_dev->work);
> >The main proxy driver patch should implement cancel() callback and then
> >these could be swapped. This whole use of OPENED callback looks like a
> >hack that is done because cancel is not implemented.
> 
> What OPENED callback are you referring to? We have a OPENED flag but not a
> callback.
> 
> The above handles the case where the vTPM process for example dies [during
> TPM_Startup()] and the file descriptor is closed.
> vtpm_proxy_fops_undo_open() ensures that the vtpm thread is not stuck
> waiting for the response to the TPM_Startup(). The subsequent flush_work()
> ensures that the thread has finished before we continue shutting down the
> instance. This cannot be swapped.

Got you.


> >A new flag CANCELED could be added and functions would return -ECANCEL
> >if it is set. This should be part of original vTPM proxy driver
> >functionally.
> 
> The above has nothing to do with cancellation from what I can see. We have
> an OPENED flag now which is set when the driver is fully operational and
> cleared when it is not. We could instead use a SHUTDOWN or CLOSED flag that
> works with the reverse meaning, clearing it where OPENED is set now and
> setting it where OPENED is cleared. Would this help?
> 
> >
> >The current solution is unclean and hard to follow. It looks like "it
> >could work" but the OPENED flag has too many hats that it wears IMHO.
> 
> It has only one meaning which can be replaced with a flag as indicated
> above.
> 
> That it is tested in vtpm_tpm_req_canceled is due to it indicating that the
> driver is not operational for the current command anymore, which gets it out
> of the loop in tpm_transmit. It would probably be worse to return a status
> flag from the status() callback and return a flag in the req_complete_mask
> that would then end up calling the recv() callback when there is nothing to
> receive. So the way it is now it triggers -ECANCELED in the tpm_transmit
> loop, which seems appropriate.

Reviewd-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>    Stefan


/Jarkko

> 
> 
> 
> >
> >/Jarkko
> >
> >>+}
> >>+
> >>+/*
> >>+ * vtpm_proxy_work_start: Schedule the work for TPM 1.2 & 2 initialization
> >>+ */
> >>+static inline void vtpm_proxy_work_start(struct proxy_dev *proxy_dev)
> >>+{
> >>+	queue_work(workqueue, &proxy_dev->work);
> >>+}
> >>+
> >>+/*
> >>   * Code related to creation and deletion of device pairs
> >>   */
> >>  static struct proxy_dev *vtpm_proxy_create_proxy_dev(void)
> >>@@ -357,6 +425,7 @@ static struct proxy_dev *vtpm_proxy_create_proxy_dev(void)
> >>  	init_waitqueue_head(&proxy_dev->wq);
> >>  	mutex_init(&proxy_dev->buf_lock);
> >>+	INIT_WORK(&proxy_dev->work, vtpm_proxy_work);
> >>  	chip = tpm_chip_alloc(NULL, &vtpm_proxy_tpm_ops);
> >>  	if (IS_ERR(chip)) {
> >>@@ -427,9 +496,7 @@ static struct file *vtpm_proxy_create_device(
> >>  	if (proxy_dev->flags & VTPM_PROXY_FLAG_TPM2)
> >>  		proxy_dev->chip->flags |= TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2;
> >>-	rc = tpm_chip_register(proxy_dev->chip);
> >>-	if (rc)
> >>-		goto err_vtpm_fput;
> >>+	vtpm_proxy_work_start(proxy_dev);
> >>  	vtpm_new_dev->fd = fd;
> >>  	vtpm_new_dev->major = MAJOR(proxy_dev->chip->dev.devt);
> >>@@ -438,12 +505,6 @@ static struct file *vtpm_proxy_create_device(
> >>  	return file;
> >>-err_vtpm_fput:
> >>-	put_unused_fd(fd);
> >>-	fput(file);
> >>-
> >>-	return ERR_PTR(rc);
> >>-
> >>  err_put_unused_fd:
> >>  	put_unused_fd(fd);
> >>@@ -458,6 +519,8 @@ err_delete_proxy_dev:
> >>   */
> >>  static void vtpm_proxy_delete_device(struct proxy_dev *proxy_dev)
> >>  {
> >>+	vtpm_proxy_work_stop(proxy_dev);
> >>+
> >>  	/*
> >>  	 * A client may hold the 'ops' lock, so let it know that the server
> >>  	 * side shuts down before we try to grab the 'ops' lock when
> >>@@ -557,11 +620,24 @@ static int __init vtpm_module_init(void)
> >>  		return rc;
> >>  	}
> >>+	workqueue = create_workqueue("tpm-vtpm");
> >>+	if (!workqueue) {
> >>+		pr_err("couldn't create workqueue\n");
> >>+		rc = -ENOMEM;
> >>+		goto err_vtpmx_cleanup;
> >>+	}
> >>+
> >>  	return 0;
> >>+
> >>+err_vtpmx_cleanup:
> >>+	vtpmx_cleanup();
> >>+
> >>+	return rc;
> >>  }
> >>  static void __exit vtpm_module_exit(void)
> >>  {
> >>+	destroy_workqueue(workqueue);
> >>  	vtpmx_cleanup();
> >>  }
> 
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