Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] svsm: add header with SVSM_VTPM_CMD helpers

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Tue Mar 11 2025 - 06:08:35 EST


On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 10:42:23AM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> Helpers for the SVSM_VTPM_CMD calls used by the vTPM protocol defined by
> the AMD SVSM spec [1].
>
> The vTPM protocol follows the Official TPM 2.0 Reference Implementation
> (originally by Microsoft, now part of the TCG) simulator protocol.
>
> [1] "Secure VM Service Module for SEV-SNP Guests"
> Publication # 58019 Revision: 1.00
>
> Co-developed-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3:
> - renamed header and prefix to make clear it's related to the SVSM vTPM
> protocol
> - renamed fill/parse functions [Tom]
> - removed link to the spec because those URLs are unstable [Borislav]
> ---
> include/linux/svsm_vtpm.h | 141 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 141 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/svsm_vtpm.h
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/svsm_vtpm.h b/include/linux/svsm_vtpm.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..2ce9b1cb827e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/svsm_vtpm.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2023 James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> + * Copyright (C) 2025 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> + *
> + * Helpers for the SVSM_VTPM_CMD calls used by the vTPM protocol defined by the
> + * AMD SVSM spec [1].
> + *
> + * The vTPM protocol follows the Official TPM 2.0 Reference Implementation
> + * (originally by Microsoft, now part of the TCG) simulator protocol.
> + *
> + * [1] "Secure VM Service Module for SEV-SNP Guests"
> + * Publication # 58019 Revision: 1.00
> + */
> +#ifndef _SVSM_VTPM_H_
> +#define _SVSM_VTPM_H_
> +
> +#include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +
> +/*
> + * The current TCG Simulator TPM commands we support. The complete list is
> + * in the TcpTpmProtocol header:
> + *
> + * https://github.com/TrustedComputingGroup/TPM/blob/main/TPMCmd/Simulator/include/TpmTcpProtocol.h
> + */
> +
> +#define TPM_SEND_COMMAND 8
> +#define TPM_SIGNAL_CANCEL_ON 9
> +#define TPM_SIGNAL_CANCEL_OFF 10
> +/*
> + * Any platform specific commands should be placed here and should start
> + * at 0x8000 to avoid clashes with the TCG Simulator protocol. They should
> + * follow the same self describing buffer format below.
> + */
> +
> +#define SVSM_VTPM_MAX_BUFFER 4096 /* max req/resp buffer size */
> +

Across the board below data structures: I'd svsm_vtpm_ prefix them.
The rational is quite practical: it would easier to grep them later
on.

> +/**
> + * struct tpm_req - generic request header for single word command
> + *
> + * @cmd: The command to send
> + */
> +struct tpm_req {
> + u32 cmd;
> +} __packed;

__packed is useless here.

> +
> +/**
> + * struct tpm_resp - generic response header
> + *
> + * @size: The response size (zero if nothing follows)
> + *
> + * Note: most TCG Simulator commands simply return zero here with no indication
> + * of success or failure.
> + */
> +struct tpm_resp {
> + u32 size;
> +} __packed;

Ditto.

> +
> +/**
> + * struct tpm_send_cmd_req - Structure for a TPM_SEND_COMMAND request
> + *
> + * @hdr: The request header whit the command (must be TPM_SEND_COMMAND)
> + * @locality: The locality
> + * @inbuf_size: The size of the input buffer following
> + * @inbuf: A buffer of size inbuf_size
> + *
> + * Note that TCG Simulator expects @inbuf_size to be equal to the size of the
> + * specific TPM command, otherwise an TPM_RC_COMMAND_SIZE error is
> + * returned.
> + */
> +struct tpm_send_cmd_req {
> + struct tpm_req hdr;

Useless nesting that makes this obfuscated: you can just as well put
that single field here, i.e.

u32 cmd;

> + u8 locality;
> + u32 inbuf_size;
> + u8 inbuf[];

Why not just buf?

> +} __packed;

Since we don't care about TCG Simulator compatibility I'd expect that
these are ordered in a way that they align nicely. E.g.,

struct svsm_vtpm_request {
u32 command;
u16 locality;
u16 buffer_size;
u8 buffer[];
};

64k should enough for any possible TPM command.

> +
> +/**
> + * struct tpm_send_cmd_req - Structure for a TPM_SEND_COMMAND response
> + *
> + * @hdr: The response header whit the following size
> + * @outbuf: A buffer of size hdr.size
> + */
> +struct tpm_send_cmd_resp {
> + struct tpm_resp hdr;
> + u8 outbuf[];
> +} __packed;

Why this does not have size? Here also __packed is useless even with the
pre-existing layout, and something like svsm_tpm_response would be a
factor more reasonable name.

> +
> +/**
> + * svsm_vtpm_fill_cmd_req() - fill a struct tpm_send_cmd_req to be sent to SVSM

> + * @req: The struct tpm_send_cmd_req to fill
> + * @locality: The locality
> + * @buf: The buffer from where to copy the payload of the command
> + * @len: The size of the buffer
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
> + */
> +static inline int
> +svsm_vtpm_fill_cmd_req(struct tpm_send_cmd_req *req, u8 locality,
> + const u8 *buf, size_t len)

svsm_vtpm_fill_request()

> +{
> + if (len > SVSM_VTPM_MAX_BUFFER - sizeof(*req))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + req->hdr.cmd = TPM_SEND_COMMAND;
> + req->locality = locality;
> + req->inbuf_size = len;
> +
> + memcpy(req->inbuf, buf, len);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * svsm_vtpm_parse_cmd_resp() - Parse a struct tpm_send_cmd_resp received from
> + * SVSM
> + * @resp: The struct tpm_send_cmd_resp to parse
> + * @buf: The buffer where to copy the response
> + * @len: The size of the buffer
> + *
> + * Return: buffer size filled with the response on success, negative error
> + * code on failure.
> + */
> +static inline int
> +svsm_vtpm_parse_cmd_resp(const struct tpm_send_cmd_resp *resp, u8 *buf,
> + size_t len)

svsm_vtpm_parse_response()

> +{
> + if (len < resp->hdr.size)
> + return -E2BIG;
> +
> + if (resp->hdr.size > SVSM_VTPM_MAX_BUFFER - sizeof(*resp))
> + return -EINVAL; // Invalid response from the platform TPM
> +
> + memcpy(buf, resp->outbuf, resp->hdr.size);
> +
> + return resp->hdr.size;
> +}
> +
> +#endif /* _SVSM_VTPM_H_ */
> --
> 2.48.1
>

BR, Jarkko