RE: [PATCH] tpm: tpm_try_transmit() ignore value of go_to_idle()

From: Winkler, Tomas
Date: Tue Oct 16 2018 - 02:20:37 EST




>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 02:14:34PM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > Ignore the return value of go_to_idle() in tpm_try_transmit().
> > Once it may shadow the return value of actual tpm operation, second
> > the consequent command will fail as well and the error will be caought
> > anyway.
> > Last fix wrong goto, that jumped back instead of forward.
> >
> > Fixes: 627448e85c76 ("tpm: separate cmd_ready/go_idle from
> > runtime_pm")
> > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 4 +---
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> > b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> > index 129f640424b7..f69c711bf74a 100644
> > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> > @@ -547,9 +547,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_try_transmit(struct tpm_chip
> *chip,
> > dev_err(&chip->dev, "tpm2_commit_space: error %d\n", rc);
> >
> > out:
> > - rc = tpm_go_idle(chip, flags);
> > - if (rc)
> > - goto out;
> > + (void)tpm_go_idle(chip, flags);
>
> We don't really use this style in the kernel, AFAIK.


Right, there are no many of those; just wanted to emphasize that return value is ignored. I can drop (void).

Thanks
Tomas