Re: [PATCH] docs: Clarify what source and name attributes of TPM profile describe

Clarify what source and name attributes of TPM profile describe and update the version placeholder to the libvirt version when profiles were first supported, v10.10. Also mention that profiles with prefix 'custom:' in their name can be modified. Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;

--- docs/formatdomain.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst index 60bee8bd4f..0a56a96ea4 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.rst +++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst @@ -8303,27 +8303,32 @@ Example: usage of external TPM emulator :since:`Since 9.0.0` ``profile`` The ``profile`` node is used to set a profile for a TPM 2.0 given in the - source attribute. This profile will be set when the TPM is initially - created and after that cannot be changed anymore. Once a profile has been - set the name attribute will be updated with the name of the profile that - is running. If no profile is provided, then swtpm will use the latest - built-in 'default' profile or the default profile set in swtpm_setup.conf. - Otherwise swtpm_setup will search for a profile with the given name with - appended .json suffix in a configurable local and then in a distro - directory. If none could be found in either, it will fall back trying to - use a built-in one. + ``source`` attribute. This attribute describes the name of the file under + which the profile is stored, e.g. 'local:restricted' describes a locally + created profile with name 'restricted.json' that is found in the directory + pointed to by swtpm_setup.conf's local_profiles_dir. This profile will be set + when the TPM is initially created and after that the profile cannot be + changed anymore. Once a profile has been set, the ``name`` attribute will be + updated with the profile's name from its JSON description, for example + 'custom:restricted'. If no profile is provided, then swtpm will use the + latest built-in 'default' profile or the default profile set in + swtpm_setup.conf. Otherwise swtpm_setup will search for a profile with the + given name with appended .json suffix in a configurable local and then in a + distro directory. If none could be found in either, it will fall back trying + to use a built-in one. The built-in 'null' profile provides backwards compatibility with libtpms v0.9 but also restricts the user to use only TPM features that were - available at the time of libtpms v0.9. The built-in 'custom' profile is the - only profile that a user can modify and where the ``removeDisabled`` + available at the time of libtpms v0.9. The built-in 'custom' profile, or + those with the prefix 'custom:' in the name, are the + only profiles that a user can modify and where the ``removeDisabled`` attribute has any effect. This attribute is particularly useful when a host is running in FIPS mode and therefore some crypto algorithms (camellia, tdes, unpadded RSA encryption, 1024-bit RSA keys, and others) are disabled. When it is set to ``check`` (recommended) then only those algorithms that are currently disabled will automatically be removed from the 'custom' profile, while when it is set to ``fips-host`` then all - potentially disabled algorithms will be removed. :since:`Since 10.??.0` + potentially disabled algorithms will be removed. :since:`Since 10.10.0` TPM profiles provided by a distro can be referenced with the 'distro:' prefix. Locally created TPM profiles can be referenced with the -- 2.47.1