Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] tpm: Allow TPM chip drivers to override reported command durations

From: Ed Swierk
Date: Fri Jun 10 2016 - 21:54:50 EST


On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen
<jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 10:34:15AM -0700, Ed Swierk wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen
>> <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 04:00:17PM -0700, Ed Swierk wrote:
>> >> Some TPM chips report bogus command durations in their capabilities,
>> >> just as others report incorrect timeouts. Rework tpm_get_timeouts()
>> >> to allow chip drivers to override either via a single callback.
>> >> Also clean up handling of TPMs that report milliseconds instead of
>> >> microseconds.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> ---
>> >> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 177 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>> >> drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c | 35 ++------
>> >> include/linux/tpm.h | 3 +-
>> >> 3 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 109 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
>> >> index cc1e5bc..b8a08bb 100644
>> >> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
>> >> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
>> >> @@ -502,123 +502,138 @@ static int tpm_startup(struct tpm_chip *chip, __be16 startup_type)
>> >> "attempting to start the TPM");
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> -int tpm_get_timeouts(struct tpm_chip *chip)
>> >> +static int tpm_get_cap_prop(struct tpm_chip *chip, __be32 type, int size,
>> >> + cap_t *cap, char *desc)
>> >> {
>> >> struct tpm_cmd_t tpm_cmd;
>> >> - unsigned long new_timeout[4];
>> >> - unsigned long old_timeout[4];
>> >> - struct duration_t *duration_cap;
>> >> ssize_t rc;
>> >>
>> >> tpm_cmd.header.in = tpm_getcap_header;
>> >> tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.cap = TPM_CAP_PROP;
>> >> tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.subcap_size = cpu_to_be32(4);
>> >> - tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.subcap = TPM_CAP_PROP_TIS_TIMEOUT;
>> >> + tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.subcap = type;
>> >> rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, &tpm_cmd, TPM_INTERNAL_RESULT_SIZE, NULL);
>> >>
>> >> if (rc == TPM_ERR_INVALID_POSTINIT) {
>> >> /* The TPM is not started, we are the first to talk to it.
>> >> Execute a startup command. */
>> >> - dev_info(chip->pdev, "Issuing TPM_STARTUP");
>> >> + dev_info(chip->pdev, "Issuing TPM_STARTUP\n");
>> >> if (tpm_startup(chip, TPM_ST_CLEAR))
>> >> return rc;
>> >>
>> >> tpm_cmd.header.in = tpm_getcap_header;
>> >> tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.cap = TPM_CAP_PROP;
>> >> tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.subcap_size = cpu_to_be32(4);
>> >> - tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.subcap = TPM_CAP_PROP_TIS_TIMEOUT;
>> >> + tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.subcap = type;
>> >> rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, &tpm_cmd, TPM_INTERNAL_RESULT_SIZE,
>> >> NULL);
>> >> }
>> >> +
>> >> if (rc) {
>> >> dev_err(chip->pdev,
>> >> - "A TPM error (%zd) occurred attempting to determine the timeouts\n",
>> >> - rc);
>> >> - goto duration;
>> >> + "Error %zd reading %s\n", rc, desc);
>> >> + return -EINVAL;
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> if (be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.header.out.return_code) != 0 ||
>> >> be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.header.out.length)
>> >> - != sizeof(tpm_cmd.header.out) + sizeof(u32) + 4 * sizeof(u32))
>> >> + != sizeof(tpm_cmd.header.out) + sizeof(u32) + size * sizeof(u32)) {
>> >> + dev_err(chip->pdev,
>> >> + "Bad return code or length reading %s\n", desc);
>> >> return -EINVAL;
>> >> -
>> >> - old_timeout[0] = be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.params.getcap_out.cap.timeout.a);
>> >> - old_timeout[1] = be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.params.getcap_out.cap.timeout.b);
>> >> - old_timeout[2] = be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.params.getcap_out.cap.timeout.c);
>> >> - old_timeout[3] = be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.params.getcap_out.cap.timeout.d);
>> >> - memcpy(new_timeout, old_timeout, sizeof(new_timeout));
>> >> -
>> >> - /*
>> >> - * Provide ability for vendor overrides of timeout values in case
>> >> - * of misreporting.
>> >> - */
>> >> - if (chip->ops->update_timeouts != NULL)
>> >> - chip->vendor.timeout_adjusted =
>> >> - chip->ops->update_timeouts(chip, new_timeout);
>> >> -
>> >> - if (!chip->vendor.timeout_adjusted) {
>> >> - /* Don't overwrite default if value is 0 */
>> >> - if (new_timeout[0] != 0 && new_timeout[0] < 1000) {
>> >> - int i;
>> >> -
>> >> - /* timeouts in msec rather usec */
>> >> - for (i = 0; i != ARRAY_SIZE(new_timeout); i++)
>> >> - new_timeout[i] *= 1000;
>> >> - chip->vendor.timeout_adjusted = true;
>> >> - }
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> - /* Report adjusted timeouts */
>> >> - if (chip->vendor.timeout_adjusted) {
>> >> - dev_info(chip->pdev,
>> >> - HW_ERR "Adjusting reported timeouts: A %lu->%luus B %lu->%luus C %lu->%luus D %lu->%luus\n",
>> >> - old_timeout[0], new_timeout[0],
>> >> - old_timeout[1], new_timeout[1],
>> >> - old_timeout[2], new_timeout[2],
>> >> - old_timeout[3], new_timeout[3]);
>> >> - }
>> >> + memcpy(cap, &tpm_cmd.params.getcap_out.cap, sizeof(cap_t));
>> >>
>> >> - chip->vendor.timeout_a = usecs_to_jiffies(new_timeout[0]);
>> >> - chip->vendor.timeout_b = usecs_to_jiffies(new_timeout[1]);
>> >> - chip->vendor.timeout_c = usecs_to_jiffies(new_timeout[2]);
>> >> - chip->vendor.timeout_d = usecs_to_jiffies(new_timeout[3]);
>> >> + return 0;
>> >> +}
>> >>
>> >> -duration:
>> >> - tpm_cmd.header.in = tpm_getcap_header;
>> >> - tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.cap = TPM_CAP_PROP;
>> >> - tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.subcap_size = cpu_to_be32(4);
>> >> - tpm_cmd.params.getcap_in.subcap = TPM_CAP_PROP_TIS_DURATION;
>> >> +int tpm_get_timeouts(struct tpm_chip *chip)
>> >> +{
>> >> + cap_t cap1, cap2;
>> >> + int rc1, rc2;
>> >> + struct tpm_vendor_specific orig_vendor;
>> >> +
>> >> + rc1 = tpm_get_cap_prop(chip, TPM_CAP_PROP_TIS_TIMEOUT, 4, &cap1,
>> >> + "timeouts");
>> >> + if (rc1 == 0) {
>> >> + be32_to_cpus(&cap1.timeout.a);
>> >> + be32_to_cpus(&cap1.timeout.b);
>> >> + be32_to_cpus(&cap1.timeout.c);
>> >> + be32_to_cpus(&cap1.timeout.d);
>> >> + chip->vendor.timeout_a = usecs_to_jiffies(cap1.timeout.a);
>> >> + chip->vendor.timeout_b = usecs_to_jiffies(cap1.timeout.b);
>> >> + chip->vendor.timeout_c = usecs_to_jiffies(cap1.timeout.c);
>> >> + chip->vendor.timeout_d = usecs_to_jiffies(cap1.timeout.d);
>> >> + }
>> >> + rc2 = tpm_get_cap_prop(chip, TPM_CAP_PROP_TIS_DURATION, 3, &cap2,
>> >> + "durations");
>> >> + if (rc2 == 0) {
>> >> + be32_to_cpus(&cap2.duration.tpm_short);
>> >> + be32_to_cpus(&cap2.duration.tpm_medium);
>> >> + be32_to_cpus(&cap2.duration.tpm_long);
>> >> + chip->vendor.duration[TPM_SHORT] =
>> >> + usecs_to_jiffies(cap2.duration.tpm_short);
>> >> + chip->vendor.duration[TPM_MEDIUM] =
>> >> + usecs_to_jiffies(cap2.duration.tpm_medium);
>> >> + chip->vendor.duration[TPM_LONG] =
>> >> + usecs_to_jiffies(cap2.duration.tpm_long);
>> >> + }
>> >
>> > This is major change to the semantics. Before -EINVAL would have been
>> > return on error condition.
>> >
>> > PS If you want to encapsulate tpm_get_cap_prop(), that step should be
>> > a separate commit (prepend this one).
>>
>> Good points.
>>
>> I'm confused about the error semantics in the first (timeouts) part of
>> tpm_get_timeouts(). If tpm_transmit_cmd() returns zero and a header
>> check fails, it returns -EINVAL. But if tpm_transmit_cmd() returns
>> nonzero, it swallows the error.
>>
>> In contrast, in the second (durations) part, an error is returned in
>> either case.
>>
>> Is this difference intentional, or should tpm_get_timeouts() return
>> errors immediately in all cases?
>
> Sometimes these kinds of things are just "evolutional" :)
>
> There are also couple of other things that don't look right:
>
> * tpm_transmit_cmd() already prints the TPM error
> * If you use dev_err(), you must fail. If we ought to continue, it
> should be at most dev_warn().
>
> In my opinion it is just plain wrong to continue to the durations part
> in the case of TPM error. I would like to hear a second opinion, though.
>
>> --Ed
>
> /Jarkko

I'll split tpm_get_cap_prop() out from tpm_get_timeouts() in a
separate commit, and adjust the error handling on the assumption that
TPM errors should always be propagated.

--Ed