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.TH Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init 3 "MAY 2020" "TPM2 Software Stack"
.SH NAME
Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init \- Initialization function for the Cmd TCTI library.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <tss2/tss2_tcti_cmd.h>
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.BI "TSS2_RC Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init (TSS2_TCTI_CONTEXT " "*tctiContext" ", size_t " "*contextSize" ", const char " "*conf" ");"
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The
.BR  Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init ()
function initializes a TCTI context used to communicate with a subprocess specified in the conf string.
TCTI send and receives utilize the sub-process's stdio and stdout respectively.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init ()
attempts to initialize a caller allocated
.I tcti_context
of size
.I size
using caller provided configuration string
.I conf
\&. Since the
.I tcti_context
must be a caller allocated buffer, the caller needs to know the buffer size
required by the TCTI library. The minimum size of this context can be
discovered by providing
.BR NULL
for the
.I tcti_context
and a non-
.BR NULL
.I size
parameter. The initialization function will then populate the
.I size
parameter with the minimum size of the
.I tcti_context
buffer. The caller must then allocate a buffer of this size (or larger) and
call
.B Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init ()
again providing the newly allocated
.I tcti_context
and the size of this context in the
.I size
parameter. This pattern is common to all TCTI initialization functions. We
provide an example of this pattern using the
.BR Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init ()
function in the section titled
.B EXAMPLE.
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The
.I conf
parameter is a C string used to configure the TCTI context. This
configuration string is the command used for popen(3). The conf string
cannot be NULL for this TCTI.
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Once initialized, the TCTI context returned exposes the Trusted Computing
Group (TCG) defined API for the lowest level communication with the TPM.
Using this API the caller can exchange (send / receive) TPM2 command and
response buffers with a service that can excahnge TPM2 command and response
buffers. In nearly all cases however, the caller will initialize a context
using this function before passing the context to a higher level API like
the System API (SAPI), Enhanced System API (ESAPI) or Feature API (FAPI)
and then never touch it again.
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For a more thorough discussion of the TCTI API see the \*(lqTSS System Level
API and TPM Command Transmission Interface Specification\*(rq as published by
the TCG:
\%https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/tss-system-level-api-tpm-command-transmission-interface-specification/
.SH RETURN VALUE
A successful call to
.BR Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init ()
will return
.B TSS2_RC_SUCCESS.
An unsuccessful call will produce a response code described in section
.B ERRORS.
.SH ERRORS
.B TSS2_TCTI_RC_BAD_VALUE
is returned if both the
.I tcti_context
and the
.I size
parameters are NULL, or if the
.I config
parameter is NULL.
.SH EXAMPLE
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TCTI initialization fragment:
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#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tcti/tcti_mssim.h>

TSS2_RC rc;
TSS2_TCTI_CONTEXT *tcti_context;
size_t size;
const char *conf = "XXX TODO SAMPLE"

rc = Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init (NULL, &size, NULL);
if (rc != TSS2_RC_SUCCESS) {
    fprintf (stderr, "Failed to get allocation size for mssim TCTI "
             " context: 0x%" PRIx32 "\n", rc);
    exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
tcti_context = calloc (1, size);
if (tcti_context == NULL) {
    fprintf (stderr, "Allocation for TCTI context failed: %s\n",
             strerror (errno));
    exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
rc = Tss2_Tcti_Cmd_Init (&tcti_context, &size, conf);
if (rc != TSS2_RC_SUCCESS) {
    fprintf (stderr, "Failed to initialize mssim TCTI context: "
             "0x%" PRIx32 "\n", rc);
    free (tcti_context);
    exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
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