libtpms/man/man3/TPMLIB_Process.pod
Corey Bryant a0098eda2d Initial import of project
This is the initial import of the libtpms library.  The libtpms library
provides software emulation of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM).  It is
intended to be used by applications when a hardware TPM is not adequate.
For example, a hypervisor can use libtpms to emulate an independent TPM
for each of it's virtual machine guests.  The library provides a high-
level API for developers to integrate the emulated TPM support into
their application.

The code was originally written by Kenneth Goldman <kgoldman@us.ibm.com>
and Stefan Berger <stefanb@us.ibm.com>.

The code is licensed under the Modified BSD License.

Signed-off-by: Corey Bryant <coreyb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2013-10-31 15:33:22 -05:00

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=head1 NAME
TPMLIB_Process - process a TPM command
=head1 LIBRARY
TPM library (libtpms, -ltpms)
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<#include <libtpms/tpm_library.h>>
B<#include <libtpms/tpm_error.h>>
B<TPM_RESULT TPMLIB_Process(unsigned char> **I<respbuffer>B<,
uint32_t> *I<resp_size>B<,
uint32_t> *I<respbufsize>B<,
unsigned char> *I<command>B<,
uint32_t> I<command_size>B<);>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The B<TPMLIB_Process()> function is used to send TPM commands to the TPM
and receive the results.
The I<command> parameter provides the buffer for the TPM command and
the I<command_size> the number of valid TPM command bytes within that buffer.
The I<respbuffer> is a pointer to a buffer where the TPM will return its
result. If no buffer is given (I<respbuffer> is NULL), the TPM will
allocate a buffer. The parameter I<resp_size> returns the number of valid
TPM response bytes in the buffer. The number of valid bytes in the response
is guranteed to not exceed the maximum I/O buffer size. Use the
I<TPMLIB_GetTPMProperty()> API and parameter I<TPMPROP_TPM_BUFFER_MAX> for
getting the maximum size.
The user must indicate the size of a provided buffer with the I<respbufsize>
parameter. If the buffer is not big enough for the response, the TPM will
free the provided buffer and allocate one of sufficient size and adapt
I<respbufsize>. The returned buffer is only subject to size restrictions
as explained for I<TPM_Malloc()>.
=head1 ERRORS
=over 4
=item B<TPM_SUCCESS>
The function completed sucessfully.
=item B<TPM_FAIL>
General failure.
=back
For a complete list of TPM error codes please consult the include file
B<libtpms/tpm_error.h>
=head1 EXAMPLE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <libtpms/tpm_types.h>
#include <libtpms/tpm_library.h>
#include <libtpms/tpm_error.h>
static unsigned char TPM_Startup_ST_CLEAR[] = {
0x00, 0xC1, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x99,
0x00, TPM_ST_CLEAR
};
int main(void) {
TPM_RESULT res;
unsigned char *respbuffer = NULL;
uint32_t resp_size = 0;
uint32_t respbufsize = 0;
unsigned char *command;
uint32_t command_size;
[...]
if (TPMLIB_MainInit() != TPM_SUCCESS) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not start the TPM.\n");
return 1;
}
[...]
/* build TPM command */
command = TPM_Startup_ST_CLEAR;
command_size = sizeof(TPM_Startup_ST_CLEAR);
[...]
res = TPMLIB_Process(&respbuffer, &resp_size,
&respbufsize,
command, command_size);
[...]
TPMLIB_Terminate();
return 0;
}
=head1 SEE ALSO
B<TPMLIB_MainInit>(3), B<TPMLIB_Terminate>(3), B<TPMLIB_RegisterCallbacks>(3)
B<TPMLIB_GetTPMProperty>(3), B<TPMLIB_Malloc>(3), B<TPMLIB_Realloc>(3)
=cut