2020-07-27 02:56:12

by Tianjia Zhang

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Subject: [PATCH] tpm: Fix the description error of the help information in Kconfig

Obviously, the TPM version number in the help message is wrong, which
will cause confusion. This patch fixes it.

Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <[email protected]>
---
drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
index 58b4c573d176..8eedb3e704f3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config TCG_TIS_SPI
help
If you have a TPM security chip which is connected to a regular,
non-tcg SPI master (i.e. most embedded platforms) that is compliant with the
- TCG TIS 1.3 TPM specification (TPM1.2) or the TCG PTP FIFO
+ TCG TIS 1.3 TPM specification (TPM1.3) or the TCG PTP FIFO
specification (TPM2.0) say Yes and it will be accessible from
within Linux. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here;
the module will be called tpm_tis_spi.
--
2.17.1


2020-07-27 07:12:05

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: Fix the description error of the help information in Kconfig

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 4:54 AM Tianjia Zhang
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Obviously, the TPM version number in the help message is wrong, which
> will cause confusion. This patch fixes it.

How is this "obvious"? I tried finding the specification and could not
see anything
to back up TIS 1.3 being only supported with TPM 1.3, or the existence of a
TPM 1.3 specification at all.

Please consider that not everyone reading this patch description is deeply
familiar with the details and explain exactly what the mistake is.

> Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <[email protected]>

In a bug fix, try to always add a 'FIxes' tag such as 'Fixes: 0edbfea537d1
("tpm/tpm_tis_spi: Add support for spi phy")', and Cc everyone that was
involved in the original patch that introduced a bug so they can Ack or
Nak it.

Arnd

> drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> index 58b4c573d176..8eedb3e704f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config TCG_TIS_SPI
> help
> If you have a TPM security chip which is connected to a regular,
> non-tcg SPI master (i.e. most embedded platforms) that is compliant with the
> - TCG TIS 1.3 TPM specification (TPM1.2) or the TCG PTP FIFO
> + TCG TIS 1.3 TPM specification (TPM1.3) or the TCG PTP FIFO
> specification (TPM2.0) say Yes and it will be accessible from
> within Linux. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here;
> the module will be called tpm_tis_spi.
> --
> 2.17.1
>

2020-07-27 08:26:31

by Tianjia Zhang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: Fix the description error of the help information in Kconfig

Thanks for your advice, I have submitted a v2 patch.

Thanks,
Tianjia

On 2020/7/27 15:10, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 4:54 AM Tianjia Zhang
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Obviously, the TPM version number in the help message is wrong, which
>> will cause confusion. This patch fixes it.
>
> How is this "obvious"? I tried finding the specification and could not
> see anything
> to back up TIS 1.3 being only supported with TPM 1.3, or the existence of a
> TPM 1.3 specification at all.
>
> Please consider that not everyone reading this patch description is deeply
> familiar with the details and explain exactly what the mistake is.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <[email protected]>
>
> In a bug fix, try to always add a 'FIxes' tag such as 'Fixes: 0edbfea537d1
> ("tpm/tpm_tis_spi: Add support for spi phy")', and Cc everyone that was
> involved in the original patch that introduced a bug so they can Ack or
> Nak it.
>
> Arnd
>
>> drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
>> index 58b4c573d176..8eedb3e704f3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
>> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config TCG_TIS_SPI
>> help
>> If you have a TPM security chip which is connected to a regular,
>> non-tcg SPI master (i.e. most embedded platforms) that is compliant with the
>> - TCG TIS 1.3 TPM specification (TPM1.2) or the TCG PTP FIFO
>> + TCG TIS 1.3 TPM specification (TPM1.3) or the TCG PTP FIFO
>> specification (TPM2.0) say Yes and it will be accessible from
>> within Linux. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here;
>> the module will be called tpm_tis_spi.
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>

2020-07-27 08:34:43

by Peter Huewe

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Subject: RE: [PATCH] tpm: Fix the description error of the help information in Kconfig

Hi,
On 2020/7/27 15:10, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 4:54 AM Tianjia Zhang
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Obviously, the TPM version number in the help message is wrong, which
>> will cause confusion. This patch fixes it.
>
> How is this "obvious"? I tried finding the specification and could not
> see anything to back up TIS 1.3 being only supported with TPM 1.3, or
> the existence of a TPM 1.3 specification at all.
>
There is no TPM 1.3.

There is a TIS Specification 1.3 which applies to TPM1.2
These are different specs, with different version numbers.
So the fix is incorrect.

Thanks,
Peter

2020-07-28 12:34:38

by Tianjia Zhang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: Fix the description error of the help information in Kconfig


On 2020/7/27 16:33, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
> On 2020/7/27 15:10, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 4:54 AM Tianjia Zhang
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Obviously, the TPM version number in the help message is wrong, which
>>> will cause confusion. This patch fixes it.
>>
>> How is this "obvious"? I tried finding the specification and could not
>> see anything to back up TIS 1.3 being only supported with TPM 1.3, or
>> the existence of a TPM 1.3 specification at all.
>>
> There is no TPM 1.3.
>
> There is a TIS Specification 1.3 which applies to TPM1.2
> These are different specs, with different version numbers.
> So the fix is incorrect.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>

You are right, I was careless, thanks for your reply.

Thanks and best,
Tianjia