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RE: [PATCH v5 0/8] Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) subsystem

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> Few storage technologies such is EMMC, UFS, and NVMe support RPMB
> hardware partition with common protocol and frame layout.
> The RPMB partition cannot be accessed via standard block layer, but by a set
> of specific commands: WRITE, READ, GET_WRITE_COUNTER, and
> PROGRAM_KEY.
> Such a partition provides authenticated and replay protected access, hence
> suitable as a secure storage.
> 
> The RPMB layer aims to provide in-kernel API for Trusted Execution
> Environment (TEE) devices that are capable to securely compute block frame
> signature. In case a TEE device wish to store a replay protected data, it
> creates an RPMB frame with requested data and computes HMAC of the
> frame, then it requests the storage device via RPMB layer to store the data.
> A TEE driver can claim the RPMB interface, for example, via
> class_interface_register ().
> The layer provides two APIs, for rpmb_req_cmd() for issuing one of RPMB
> specific commands and rpmb_seq_cmd() for issuing of raw RPMB protocol
> frames,  which is close to emmc multi ioctl interface.
> 
> A storage device registers its RPMB hardware (eMMC) partition or RPMB W-
> LUN (UFS) with the RPMB layer providing an implementation for
> rpmb_seq_cmd() handler. The interface enables sending sequence of RPMB
> standard frames.
> 
> A parallel user space API is provided via /dev/rpmbX character device with
> two IOCTL commands.
> Simplified one, RPMB_IOC_REQ_CMD, were read result cycles is performed
> by the framework on behalf the user and second, RPMB_IOC_SEQ_CMD
> where the whole RPMB sequence, including RESULT_READ is supplied by the
> caller.
> The latter is intended for easier adjusting of the applications that use
> MMC_IOC_MULTI_CMD ioctl, such as
> https://android.googlesource.com/trusty/app/storage/
> 
> There is a also sample tool under tools/rpmb/ directory that exercises these
> interfaces and a simulation device that implements the device part.
> 
> Tomas Winkler (8):
>   rpmb: add Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) subsystem
>   char: rpmb: add sysfs-class ABI documentation
>   char: rpmb: add device attributes
>   char: rpmb: provide a user space interface
>   char: rpmb: add RPMB simulation device
>   tools rpmb: add RPBM access tool
>   mmc: block: register RPMB partition with the RPMB subsystem
>   scsi: ufs: connect to RPMB subsystem
>

I've got few off line request for git access of this code, so here si the repo https://github.com/tomasbw/linux-mei.git  branch rpmb.
The branch is rebasing one  over linux master branch 

Thanks and will appreciate any public  review. 
Tomas


 

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[PATCH v5 0/8] Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) subsystem Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-18 22:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 3/8] char: rpmb: add device attributes Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-18 22:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 4/8] char: rpmb: provide a user space interface Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-18 22:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 4/8] char: rpmb: provide a user space interface Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> - 2016-07-19 00:20 +0200
      RE: [PATCH v5 4/8] char: rpmb: provide a user space interface "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-20 11:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v5 4/8] char: rpmb: provide a user space interface Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> - 2016-07-20 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 5/8] char: rpmb: add RPMB simulation device Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-18 22:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 8/8] scsi: ufs: connect to RPMB subsystem Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-18 22:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 6/8] tools rpmb: add RPBM access tool Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-18 22:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 7/8] mmc: block: register RPMB partition with the RPMB subsystem Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-18 22:40 +0200
  RE: [PATCH v5 0/8] Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) subsystem "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-07-23 09:50 +0200

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