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

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Tue Nov 12 2019 - 15:03:48 EST


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
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> +++ 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