Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis: turn on TPM before calling tpm_get_timeouts

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 06:49:49PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 04:26:23PM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 01:23:33PM -0700, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 1:03 PM Jarkko Sakkinen
> > > <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 04:34:18PM -0700, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
> > > > > With power gating moved out of the tpm_transmit code we need
> > > > > to power on the TPM prior to calling tpm_get_timeouts.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Cc: linux-stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Fixes: a3fbfae82b4c ("tpm: take TPM chip power gating out of tpm_transmit()")
> > > > > Reported-by: Christian Bundy <christianbundy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c | 3 ++-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> > > > > index 270f43acbb77..cb101cec8f8b 100644
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> > > > > @@ -974,13 +974,14 @@ int tpm_tis_core_init(struct device *dev, struct tpm_tis_data *priv, int irq,
> > > > >                * to make sure it works. May as well use that command to set the
> > > > >                * proper timeouts for the driver.
> > > > >                */
> > > > > +             tpm_chip_start(chip);
> > > > >               if (tpm_get_timeouts(chip)) {
> > > > >                       dev_err(dev, "Could not get TPM timeouts and durations\n");
> > > > >                       rc = -ENODEV;
> > > > > +                     tpm_stop_chip(chip);
> > > > >                       goto out_err;
> > > > >               }
> > > >
> > > > Couldn't this call just be removed?
> > > >
> > > > /Jarkko
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Probably. It will eventually get called when tpm_chip_register
> > > happens. I don't know what the reason was for trying it prior to the
> > > irq probe.
> > 
> > At least tis once needed the timeouts before registration because it
> > was issuing TPM commands to complete its setup.
> > 
> > If timeouts have not been set then no TPM command should be executed.
> 
> Not true since you need a TPM command to set them. That is why they
> have been set initially to maximum possible values.

getting timeouts is the exception

Jason