Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] tpm_tis: fix retry exhaustion and add logging

[Axel Rasmussen]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM Jacqueline Wong <jacqwong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The Fix:
> - Patch 1: Adds error logs to identify the specific hardware status mismatch.
> - Patch 2: Stops execution immediately when retries are exhausted.
>
> v3 changes:
> - Improved code alignment to pass checkpatch --strict.

Thanks for sending the v3 Jacqueline!
I suspect this may have slipped under folks' radar by not CC'ing +linux-kernel@.

>
> v2 changes:
> - Split logging and logic into separate patches.
> - Added retry count to the error message.
> - Included dmesg traces below.
>
> Testing:
> Dmesg traces obtained using error injection to simulate status register mismatches.
>
> Before:
> [  130.288751] tpm tpm0: Operation Timed out
> [  250.306070] tpm tpm0: Operation Timed out
> [  250.310173] tpm tpm0: A TPM error (-62) occurred attempting to determine the timeouts
>
> After:
> [   10.271547] tpm tpm0: TPM_STS_DATA_EXPECT should be unset. sts = 0x00000080
> ...
> [   10.646283] tpm tpm0: TPM_STS_DATA_EXPECT should be unset. sts = 0x00000080
> [   10.653461] tpm tpm0: Exhausted 50 tpm_tis_send_data retries
> [   10.659304] tpm tpm0: tpm_try_transmit: send(): error -5
> [   10.665435] tpm tpm0: TPM_STS_DATA_EXPECT should be unset. sts = 0x00000080
> ...
> [   11.037198] tpm tpm0: TPM_STS_DATA_EXPECT should be unset. sts = 0x00000080
> [   11.044441] tpm tpm0: Exhausted 50 tpm_tis_send_data retries
> [   11.050288] tpm tpm0: tpm_try_transmit: send(): error -5
> [   11.055723] tpm tpm0: A TPM error (-5) occurred attempting to determine the timeouts
>
> Jacqueline Wong (2):
>   tpm: tpm_tis: add error logging for data transfer
>   tpm: tpm_tis: stop transmit if retries are exhausted
>
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --
> 2.54.0.rc0.605.g598a273b03-goog
>