[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: Pass file descriptor when using TPM passthrough

Stefan Berger stefanb at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Sep 12 11:14:26 UTC 2014


On 09/08/2014 09:05 PM, Stefan Berger wrote:
> From: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Pass the TPM file descriptor to QEMU via command line.
> Instead of passing /dev/tpm0 we now pass /dev/fdset/10 and the additional
> parameters -add-fd set=10,fd=20.
>
> This addresses the use case when QEMU is started with non-root privileges
> and QEMU cannot open /dev/tpm0 for example.
>
> One problem is that for the passing of the file descriptor set to work,
> virCommandReorderFDs must not be called on the virCommand. This is prevented
> by setting a flag in the virCommandPassFDGetFDIndex that is checked to be
> clear when virCommandReorderFDs is run.

Anyone got comments on this patch?

    Stefan




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