Re: [PATCH 2/2] tpm: do not ignore memblock_reserve return value

From: Usama Arif
Date: Fri Aug 30 2024 - 17:33:32 EST




On 30/08/2024 09:23, Gregory Price wrote:
> tpm code currently ignores a relevant failure case silently.
> Add an error to make this failure non-silent.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c
> index 9c3613e6af15..b6939a6d44d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ int __init efi_tpm_eventlog_init(void)
> }
>
> tbl_size = sizeof(*log_tbl) + log_tbl->size;
> - memblock_reserve(efi.tpm_log, tbl_size);
> + if (memblock_reserve(efi.tpm_log, tbl_size)) {
> + pr_err("TPM Event Log memblock reserve fails 0x%lx - %x\n",
> + efi.tpm_log, tbl_size);
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> if (efi.tpm_final_log == EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR) {
> pr_info("TPM Final Events table not present\n");

This was not a proper fix for the issue, sent a bit quickly!

I have sent it here https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240830212852.2794145-1-usamaarif642@xxxxxxxxx/