[Xen-devel] [PATCH] docs/vtpm: fix auto-shutdown reference

[Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/11/2014 04:37 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-02-10 at 14:40 -0500, Daniel De Graaf wrote:
> > On 02/05/2014 11:52 AM, Jordi Cucurull Juan wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I have recently configured a Xen 4.3 server with the vTPM enabled and a
> > > guest virtual machine that takes advantage of it. After playing a bit
> > > with it, I have a few questions:
> > >
> > > 1.According to the documentation, to shutdown the vTPM stubdom it is
> > > only needed to normally shutdown the guest VM. Theoretically, the vTPM
> > > stubdom automatically shuts down after this. Nevertheless, if I shutdown
> > > the guest the vTPM stubdom continues active and, moreover, I can start
> > > the machine again and the values of the vTPM are the last ones there
> > > were in the previous instance of the guest. Is this normal?
> > The documentation is in error here;
> Can you send a patch please.
>
> Ian.
Patch below.

------------------------->8--------------------------------------

The automatic shutdown feature of the vTPM was removed because it
interfered with pv-grub measurement support and was also not triggered
if the guest did not use the vTPM. Virtual TPM domains will need to be
shut down or destroyed on guest shutdown via a script or other user
action.

This also fixes an incorrect reference to the vTPM being PV-only.

Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/misc/vtpm.txt | 12 +++---------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/vtpm.txt b/docs/misc/vtpm.txt
index b8979a3..df1dfae 100644
--- a/docs/misc/vtpm.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/vtpm.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ the Linux tpmfront driver. Add the following line:
 
 vtpm=["backend=domu-vtpm"]
 
-Currently only paravirtualized guests are supported.
+Currently only Linux guests are supported (PV or HVM with PV drivers).
 
 Launching and shut down:
 ------------------------
@@ -280,14 +280,8 @@ You should also see the command being sent to the vtpm 
console as well
 as the vtpm saving its state. You should see the vtpm key being
 encrypted and stored on the vtpmmgr console.
 
-To shutdown the guest and its vtpm, you just have to shutdown the guest
-normally. As soon as the guest vm disconnects, the vtpm will shut itself
-down automatically.
-
-On guest:
-# shutdown -h now
-
-You may wish to write a script to start your vtpm and guest together.
+You may wish to write a script to start your vtpm and guest together and
+to destroy the vtpm when the guest shuts down.
 
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 INTEGRATION WITH PV-GRUB
--
1.8.5.3


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