Re: [PATCH v2] tpm_tis: reserve chip for duration of tpm_tis_core_init

[Jerry Snitselaar]

On Tue Dec 17 19, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-12-16 at 18:14 -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon Dec 16 19, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 4:59 PM Jarkko Sakkinen
> > > > <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 2019-12-11 at 16:54 -0700, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
> > > > > > Instead of repeatedly calling tpm_chip_start/tpm_chip_stop when
> > > > > > issuing commands to the tpm during initialization, just reserve the
> > > > > > chip after wait_startup, and release it when we are ready to call
> > > > > > tpm_chip_register.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cc: Christian Bundy <christianbundy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Cc: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>
> > > > > > Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Cc: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > Cc: linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > Fixes: a3fbfae82b4c ("tpm: take TPM chip power gating out of tpm_transmit()")
> > > > > > Fixes: 5b359c7c4372 ("tpm_tis_core: Turn on the TPM before probing IRQ's")
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > I pushed to my master with minor tweaks and added my tags.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please check before I put it to linux-next.
> > > >
> > > > I don't see it yet here:
> > > >
> > > > http://git.infradead.org/users/jjs/linux-tpmdd.git/shortlog/refs/heads/master
> > > >
> > > > However, I wanted to make sure you captured that this does *not* fix
> > > > the interrupt issue. I.e. make sure you remove the "Fixes:
> > > > 5b359c7c4372 ("tpm_tis_core: Turn on the TPM before probing IRQ's")"
> > > > tag.
> > > >
> > > > With that said, are you going to include the revert of:
> > > >
> > > > 1ea32c83c699 tpm_tis_core: Set TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ before probing for interrupts
> > >
> > > Dan, with the above reverted do you still get the screaming interrupt?
> >
> > Yes, the screaming interrupt goes away, although it is replaced by
> > these messages when the driver starts:
> >
> > [    3.725131] tpm_tis IFX0740:00: 2.0 TPM (device-id 0x1B, rev-id 16)
> > [    3.725358] tpm tpm0: tpm_try_transmit: send(): error -5
> > [    3.725359] tpm tpm0: [Firmware Bug]: TPM interrupt not working,
> > polling instead
> >
> > If the choice is "error message + polled-mode" vs "pinning a cpu with
> > interrupts" I'd accept the former, but wanted Jarkko with his
> > maintainer hat to weigh in.
> >
> > Is there a simple sanity check I can run to see if the TPM is still
> > operational in this state?
>
> What about T490S?
>
> /Jarkko

I just heard back from the t490s user, and as expected the problem still exists
there with this patch.

Regards,
Jerry