Re: [PATCH] tpm: sleep at least <...> ms in tpm_msleep()

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Thu May 12 2022 - 08:21:43 EST


On Wed, 2022-05-11 at 18:16 +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 01:29:03PM +0200, Johannes Holland wrote:
> > To comply with protocol requirements, minimum polling times must often
> > be adhered to. Therefore, a macro like tpm_msleep() should sleep at
> > least the given amount of time (not up to the given period). Have
> > tpm_msleep() sleep at least the given number of milliseconds.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Holland <johannes.holland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> > index 2163c6ee0d36..0971b55fffe3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> > @@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ int tpm_pm_resume(struct device *dev);
> >
> > static inline void tpm_msleep(unsigned int delay_msec)
> > {
> > - usleep_range((delay_msec * 1000) - TPM_TIMEOUT_RANGE_US,
> > - delay_msec * 1000);
> > + usleep_range(delay_msec * 1000, (delay_msec * 1000)
> > + + TPM_TIMEOUT_RANGE_US);
> > };
> >
> > int tpm_chip_start(struct tpm_chip *chip);
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
>
> For this I would really like to hear a 2nd opinion from Nayna and Mimi.

This patch reverts commit 5ef924d9e2e8 ("tpm: use tpm_msleep() value as
max delay"). Are you experiencing TPM issues that require it?

thanks,

Mimi