Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] fTPM: firmware TPM running in TEE

[Ilias Apalodimas]

Hi Thirupathaiah,
[...]
> > > > > I managed to do some quick testing in QEMU.
> > > > > Everything works fine when i build this as a module (using IBM's TPM 2.0
> > > > > TSS)
> > > > >
> > > > > - As module
> > > > > # insmod /lib/modules/5.2.0-rc1/kernel/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ftpm_tee.ko
> > > > > # getrandom -by 8
> > > > > randomBytes length 8
> > > > > 23 b9 3d c3 90 13 d9 6b
> > > > >
> > > > > - Built-in
> > > > > # dmesg | grep optee
> > > > > ftpm-tee firmware:optee: ftpm_tee_probe:tee_client_open_session failed,
> > > > > err=ffff0008
> > > > This (0xffff0008) translates to TEE_ERROR_ITEM_NOT_FOUND.
> > > >
> > > > Where is fTPM TA located in the your test setup?
> > > > Is it stitched into TEE binary as an EARLY_TA or
> > > > Is it expected to be loaded during run-time with the help of user mode OP-
> > TEE supplicant?
> > > >
> > > > My guess is that you are trying to load fTPM TA through user mode OP-TEE
> > supplicant.
> > > > Can you confirm?
> > > I tried both
> > >
> > 
> > Ok apparently there was a failure with my built-in binary which i
> > didn't notice. I did a full rebuilt and checked the elf this time :)
> > 
> > Built as an earlyTA my error now is:
> > ftpm-tee firmware:optee: ftpm_tee_probe:tee_client_open_session
> > failed, err=ffff3024 (translates to TEE_ERROR_TARGET_DEAD)
> > Since you tested it on real hardware i guess you tried both
> > module/built-in. Which TEE version are you using?
> 
> I am glad that the first issue (TEE_ERROR_ITEM_NOT_FOUND) is resolved after stitching
> fTPM TA as an EARLY_TA. 
> 
> Regarding TEE_ERROR_TARGET_DEAD error, may I know which HW platform you are using to test? 

QEMU, on armv7

> What is the preboot environment (UEFI or U-boot)? 
> Where is the secure storage in that HW platform? 
> I could think of two classes of secure storage. 
> 1. UFS/eMMC RPMB : If Supplicant in U-boot/UEFI initializes the 
> fTPM TA NV Storage, there should be no issue. 
> If fTPM TA NV storage is not initialized in pre-boot environment and you are using
> built-in fTPM Linux driver, you can run into this issue as TA will try to initialize
> NV store and fail. 
> 
> 2. other storage devices like QSPI accessible to only secure mode after
> EBS/ReadyToBoot mile posts during boot. In this case, there should be no issue at all
> as there is no dependency on non-secure side services provided by supplicant. 
> 

Please check the previous mail from Sumit. It explains exaclty what's going on.
The tl;dr version is that the storage is up only when the supplicant is running.

> If you let me know the HW platform details, I am happy to work with you to enable/integrate
> fTPM TA on that HW platform. 
> 
Thanks, 
The hardware i am waiting for for has an eMMC RPMB. In theory the U-Boot
supplicant support will be there so i'll be able to test it.

Thanks
/Ilias