Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tpm: reduce poll sleep time in tpm_transmit()

From: Nayna Jain
Date: Mon May 14 2018 - 06:41:43 EST




On 05/10/2018 06:11 PM, Nayna Jain wrote:


On 05/08/2018 10:04 PM, J Freyensee wrote:

ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ do {
-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ tpm_msleep(TPM_POLL_SLEEP);
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ tpm_msleep(TPM_TIMEOUT_POLL);

I'm just curious why it was decided to still use tpm_msleep() here instead of usleep_range() which was used in the 2nd patch.

TPM_TIMEOUT_POLL is in msec i.e. 1 msec and usleep_range() is used only when timeout is needed in usecs.

Just to add bit more details:

usleep_range() is used in wait_for_tpm_stat() and get_burstcount() which are expected to return quickly. tpm_transmit() is a generic function used across all drivers and commands.
Some of the commands (eg. hash, key generation) take longer compared to other commands (eg. extend). The sleep time in tpm_transmit is reduced but kept in msecs to balance between the smaller and longer commands.

Thanks & Regards,
ÂÂÂ - Nayna



Otherwise,

Acked-by: Jay Freyensee <why2jjj.linux@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks !!

Thanks & Regards,
ÂÂÂ - Nayna