* Traversal of the ACPI device tree was not done right. It should lookup
PPI only under the ACPI device that it is associated. Otherwise, it could
match to a wrong PPI interface if there are two TPM devices in the device
tree.
* Removed global ACPI handle and version string from tpm_ppi.c as this
is racy. Instead they should be associated with the chip.
* Moved code just a tiny bit towards two-phase allocation to implement
fix for the PPI race conditions.
* Added missing copyright platter in tpm_ppi.c.
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <[email protected]>
---
drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 31 +++++----
drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 21 ++++--
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c | 25 ++++++--
4 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index 6af1700..98d0baa 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ void tpm_remove_hardware(struct device *dev)
tpm_dev_del_device(chip);
tpm_sysfs_del_device(chip);
- tpm_remove_ppi(&dev->kobj);
+ tpm_remove_ppi(chip, &dev->kobj);
tpm_bios_log_teardown(chip->bios_dir);
/* write it this way to be explicit (chip->dev == dev) */
@@ -1077,17 +1077,9 @@ static void tpm_dev_release(struct device *dev)
* upon errant exit from this function specific probe function should call
* pci_disable_device
*/
-struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev,
- const struct tpm_class_ops *ops)
+struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_register(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct device *dev,
+ const struct tpm_class_ops *ops)
{
- struct tpm_chip *chip;
-
- /* Driver specific per-device data */
- chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
-
- if (chip == NULL)
- return NULL;
-
mutex_init(&chip->tpm_mutex);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&chip->list);
@@ -1115,7 +1107,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev,
if (tpm_sysfs_add_device(chip))
goto del_misc;
- if (tpm_add_ppi(&dev->kobj))
+ if (tpm_add_ppi(chip, &dev->kobj))
goto del_sysfs;
chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(chip->devname);
@@ -1137,6 +1129,21 @@ out_free:
kfree(chip);
return NULL;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_chip_register);
+
+struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev,
+ const struct tpm_class_ops *ops)
+{
+ struct tpm_chip *chip;
+
+ /* Driver specific per-device data */
+ chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (chip == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return tpm_chip_register(chip, dev, ops);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_register_hardware);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Leendert van Doorn ([email protected])");
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index e4d0888..ef0ae84 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/tpm.h>
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
enum tpm_const {
TPM_MINOR = 224, /* officially assigned */
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ struct tpm_vendor_specific {
#define TPM_VID_WINBOND 0x1050
#define TPM_VID_STM 0x104A
+#define TPM_PPI_VERSION_LEN 3
+
struct tpm_chip {
struct device *dev; /* Device stuff */
const struct tpm_class_ops *ops;
@@ -109,6 +112,11 @@ struct tpm_chip {
struct dentry **bios_dir;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+ acpi_handle acpi_dev_handle;
+ char ppi_version[TPM_PPI_VERSION_LEN + 1];
+#endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
+
struct list_head list;
void (*release) (struct device *);
};
@@ -321,7 +329,10 @@ extern int tpm_get_timeouts(struct tpm_chip *);
extern void tpm_gen_interrupt(struct tpm_chip *);
extern int tpm_do_selftest(struct tpm_chip *);
extern unsigned long tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *, u32);
-extern struct tpm_chip* tpm_register_hardware(struct device *,
+extern struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_register(struct tpm_chip *chip,
+ struct device *dev,
+ const struct tpm_class_ops *ops);
+extern struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *,
const struct tpm_class_ops *ops);
extern void tpm_dev_vendor_release(struct tpm_chip *);
extern void tpm_remove_hardware(struct device *);
@@ -338,15 +349,15 @@ void tpm_sysfs_del_device(struct tpm_chip *chip);
int tpm_pcr_read_dev(struct tpm_chip *chip, int pcr_idx, u8 *res_buf);
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-extern int tpm_add_ppi(struct kobject *);
-extern void tpm_remove_ppi(struct kobject *);
+extern int tpm_add_ppi(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct kobject *parent);
+extern void tpm_remove_ppi(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct kobject *parent);
#else
-static inline int tpm_add_ppi(struct kobject *parent)
+static inline int tpm_add_ppi(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct kobject *parent)
{
return 0;
}
-static inline void tpm_remove_ppi(struct kobject *parent)
+static inline void tpm_remove_ppi(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct kobject *parent)
{
}
#endif
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
index 61dcc80..36b5b69 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Xiaoyan Zhang <[email protected]>
+ * Jiang Liu <[email protected]>
+ * Jarkko Sakkinen <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * Maintained by: <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * This file contains implementation of the sysfs interface for PPI.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
+ * of the License.
+ */
+
+
#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include "tpm.h"
@@ -22,45 +41,22 @@ static const u8 tpm_ppi_uuid[] = {
0x8D, 0x10, 0x08, 0x9D, 0x16, 0x53
};
-static char tpm_ppi_version[PPI_VERSION_LEN + 1];
-static acpi_handle tpm_ppi_handle;
-
-static acpi_status ppi_callback(acpi_handle handle, u32 level, void *context,
- void **return_value)
-{
- union acpi_object *obj;
-
- if (!acpi_check_dsm(handle, tpm_ppi_uuid, TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID,
- 1 << TPM_PPI_FN_VERSION))
- return AE_OK;
-
- /* Cache version string */
- obj = acpi_evaluate_dsm_typed(handle, tpm_ppi_uuid,
- TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID, TPM_PPI_FN_VERSION,
- NULL, ACPI_TYPE_STRING);
- if (obj) {
- strlcpy(tpm_ppi_version, obj->string.pointer,
- PPI_VERSION_LEN + 1);
- ACPI_FREE(obj);
- }
-
- *return_value = handle;
-
- return AE_CTRL_TERMINATE;
-}
-
static inline union acpi_object *
-tpm_eval_dsm(int func, acpi_object_type type, union acpi_object *argv4)
+tpm_eval_dsm(acpi_handle dev_handle, int func, acpi_object_type type,
+ union acpi_object *argv4)
{
- BUG_ON(!tpm_ppi_handle);
- return acpi_evaluate_dsm_typed(tpm_ppi_handle, tpm_ppi_uuid,
- TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID, func, argv4, type);
+ BUG_ON(!dev_handle);
+ return acpi_evaluate_dsm_typed(dev_handle, tpm_ppi_uuid,
+ TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID,
+ func, argv4, type);
}
static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_version(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
- return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", tpm_ppi_version);
+ struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", chip->ppi_version);
}
static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_request(struct device *dev,
@@ -68,8 +64,10 @@ static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_request(struct device *dev,
{
ssize_t size = -EINVAL;
union acpi_object *obj;
+ struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
- obj = tpm_eval_dsm(TPM_PPI_FN_GETREQ, ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE, NULL);
+ obj = tpm_eval_dsm(chip->acpi_dev_handle, TPM_PPI_FN_GETREQ,
+ ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE, NULL);
if (!obj)
return -ENXIO;
@@ -103,14 +101,15 @@ static ssize_t tpm_store_ppi_request(struct device *dev,
int func = TPM_PPI_FN_SUBREQ;
union acpi_object *obj, tmp;
union acpi_object argv4 = ACPI_INIT_DSM_ARGV4(1, &tmp);
+ struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
/*
* the function to submit TPM operation request to pre-os environment
* is updated with function index from SUBREQ to SUBREQ2 since PPI
* version 1.1
*/
- if (acpi_check_dsm(tpm_ppi_handle, tpm_ppi_uuid, TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID,
- 1 << TPM_PPI_FN_SUBREQ2))
+ if (acpi_check_dsm(chip->acpi_dev_handle, tpm_ppi_uuid,
+ TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID, 1 << TPM_PPI_FN_SUBREQ2))
func = TPM_PPI_FN_SUBREQ2;
/*
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_store_ppi_request(struct device *dev,
* string/package type. For PPI version 1.0 and 1.1, use buffer type
* for compatibility, and use package type since 1.2 according to spec.
*/
- if (strcmp(tpm_ppi_version, "1.2") < 0) {
+ if (strcmp(chip->ppi_version, "1.2") < 0) {
if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &req) != 1)
return -EINVAL;
argv4.type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER;
@@ -131,7 +130,8 @@ static ssize_t tpm_store_ppi_request(struct device *dev,
return -EINVAL;
}
- obj = tpm_eval_dsm(func, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, &argv4);
+ obj = tpm_eval_dsm(chip->acpi_dev_handle, func, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,
+ &argv4);
if (!obj) {
return -ENXIO;
} else {
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_transition_action(struct device *dev,
.buffer.length = 0,
.buffer.pointer = NULL
};
+ struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
static char *info[] = {
"None",
@@ -171,9 +172,10 @@ static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_transition_action(struct device *dev,
* (e.g. Capella with PPI 1.0) need integer/string/buffer type, so for
* compatibility, define params[3].type as buffer, if PPI version < 1.2
*/
- if (strcmp(tpm_ppi_version, "1.2") < 0)
+ if (strcmp(chip->ppi_version, "1.2") < 0)
obj = &tmp;
- obj = tpm_eval_dsm(TPM_PPI_FN_GETACT, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, obj);
+ obj = tpm_eval_dsm(chip->acpi_dev_handle, TPM_PPI_FN_GETACT,
+ ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, obj);
if (!obj) {
return -ENXIO;
} else {
@@ -196,8 +198,10 @@ static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_response(struct device *dev,
acpi_status status = -EINVAL;
union acpi_object *obj, *ret_obj;
u64 req, res;
+ struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
- obj = tpm_eval_dsm(TPM_PPI_FN_GETRSP, ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE, NULL);
+ obj = tpm_eval_dsm(chip->acpi_dev_handle, TPM_PPI_FN_GETRSP,
+ ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE, NULL);
if (!obj)
return -ENXIO;
@@ -248,7 +252,8 @@ cleanup:
return status;
}
-static ssize_t show_ppi_operations(char *buf, u32 start, u32 end)
+static ssize_t show_ppi_operations(acpi_handle dev_handle, char *buf, u32 start,
+ u32 end)
{
int i;
u32 ret;
@@ -264,14 +269,15 @@ static ssize_t show_ppi_operations(char *buf, u32 start, u32 end)
"User not required",
};
- if (!acpi_check_dsm(tpm_ppi_handle, tpm_ppi_uuid, TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID,
+ if (!acpi_check_dsm(dev_handle, tpm_ppi_uuid, TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID,
1 << TPM_PPI_FN_GETOPR))
return -EPERM;
tmp.integer.type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER;
for (i = start; i <= end; i++) {
tmp.integer.value = i;
- obj = tpm_eval_dsm(TPM_PPI_FN_GETOPR, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, &argv);
+ obj = tpm_eval_dsm(dev_handle, TPM_PPI_FN_GETOPR,
+ ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, &argv);
if (!obj) {
return -ENOMEM;
} else {
@@ -291,14 +297,20 @@ static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_tcg_operations(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
- return show_ppi_operations(buf, 0, PPI_TPM_REQ_MAX);
+ struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ return show_ppi_operations(chip->acpi_dev_handle, buf, 0,
+ PPI_TPM_REQ_MAX);
}
static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_vs_operations(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
- return show_ppi_operations(buf, PPI_VS_REQ_START, PPI_VS_REQ_END);
+ struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ return show_ppi_operations(chip->acpi_dev_handle, buf, PPI_VS_REQ_START,
+ PPI_VS_REQ_END);
}
static DEVICE_ATTR(version, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_ppi_version, NULL);
@@ -323,16 +335,34 @@ static struct attribute_group ppi_attr_grp = {
.attrs = ppi_attrs
};
-int tpm_add_ppi(struct kobject *parent)
+int tpm_add_ppi(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct kobject *parent)
{
- /* Cache TPM ACPI handle and version string */
- acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT, ACPI_UINT32_MAX,
- ppi_callback, NULL, NULL, &tpm_ppi_handle);
- return tpm_ppi_handle ? sysfs_create_group(parent, &ppi_attr_grp) : 0;
+ union acpi_object *obj;
+
+ if (!chip->acpi_dev_handle)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!acpi_check_dsm(chip->acpi_dev_handle, tpm_ppi_uuid,
+ TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID, 1 << TPM_PPI_FN_VERSION))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Cache PPI version string. */
+ obj = acpi_evaluate_dsm_typed(chip->acpi_dev_handle, tpm_ppi_uuid,
+ TPM_PPI_REVISION_ID, TPM_PPI_FN_VERSION,
+ NULL, ACPI_TYPE_STRING);
+ if (obj) {
+ strlcpy(chip->ppi_version, obj->string.pointer,
+ PPI_VERSION_LEN + 1);
+ ACPI_FREE(obj);
+ } else
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ return chip->acpi_dev_handle ?
+ sysfs_create_group(parent, &ppi_attr_grp) : 0;
}
-void tpm_remove_ppi(struct kobject *parent)
+void tpm_remove_ppi(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct kobject *parent)
{
- if (tpm_ppi_handle)
+ if (chip->ppi_version[0] != '\0')
sysfs_remove_group(parent, &ppi_attr_grp);
}
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
index 2c46734..8446e14 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
@@ -528,15 +528,17 @@ static bool interrupts = true;
module_param(interrupts, bool, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(interrupts, "Enable interrupts");
-static int tpm_tis_init(struct device *dev, resource_size_t start,
- resource_size_t len, unsigned int irq)
+static int tpm_tis_init(struct device *dev, struct tpm_chip *chip,
+ resource_size_t start, resource_size_t len,
+ unsigned int irq)
{
u32 vendor, intfcaps, intmask;
int rc, i, irq_s, irq_e, probe;
- struct tpm_chip *chip;
- if (!(chip = tpm_register_hardware(dev, &tpm_tis)))
+ if (!tpm_chip_register(chip, dev, &tpm_tis)) {
+ kfree(chip);
return -ENODEV;
+ }
chip->vendor.iobase = ioremap(start, len);
if (!chip->vendor.iobase) {
@@ -777,6 +779,7 @@ static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(tpm_tis_pm, tpm_pm_suspend, tpm_tis_resume);
static int tpm_tis_pnp_init(struct pnp_dev *pnp_dev,
const struct pnp_device_id *pnp_id)
{
+ struct tpm_chip *chip;
resource_size_t start, len;
unsigned int irq = 0;
@@ -791,7 +794,13 @@ static int tpm_tis_pnp_init(struct pnp_dev *pnp_dev,
if (is_itpm(pnp_dev))
itpm = true;
- return tpm_tis_init(&pnp_dev->dev, start, len, irq);
+ chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (chip == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ if (pnp_acpi_device(pnp_dev))
+ chip->acpi_dev_handle = pnp_acpi_device(pnp_dev)->handle;
+
+ return tpm_tis_init(&pnp_dev->dev, chip, start, len, irq);
}
static struct pnp_device_id tpm_pnp_tbl[] = {
@@ -849,6 +858,7 @@ module_param(force, bool, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(force, "Force device probe rather than using ACPI entry");
static int __init init_tis(void)
{
+ struct tpm_chip *chip;
int rc;
#ifdef CONFIG_PNP
if (!force)
@@ -863,7 +873,10 @@ static int __init init_tis(void)
rc = PTR_ERR(pdev);
goto err_dev;
}
- rc = tpm_tis_init(&pdev->dev, TIS_MEM_BASE, TIS_MEM_LEN, 0);
+ chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (chip == NULL)
+ goto err_init;
+ rc = tpm_tis_init(&pdev->dev, chip, TIS_MEM_BASE, TIS_MEM_LEN, 0);
if (rc)
goto err_init;
return 0;
--
2.1.0
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:22:41AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> * Traversal of the ACPI device tree was not done right. It should lookup
> PPI only under the ACPI device that it is associated. Otherwise, it could
> match to a wrong PPI interface if there are two TPM devices in the device
> tree.
> * Removed global ACPI handle and version string from tpm_ppi.c as this
> is racy. Instead they should be associated with the chip.
> * Moved code just a tiny bit towards two-phase allocation to implement
> fix for the PPI race conditions.
> * Added missing copyright platter in tpm_ppi.c.
The PPI parts of this look fine to me, and are a really nice cleanup,
thanks!
Personally, I'd sequence this commit right after your 'tpm: two-phase
chip management functions' commit because it makes it much saner (no
half step toward the new functions). I assume this is a theoretical
problem? Or do you have a two TPM system?
Jason
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:55:51AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:22:41AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > * Traversal of the ACPI device tree was not done right. It should lookup
> > PPI only under the ACPI device that it is associated. Otherwise, it could
> > match to a wrong PPI interface if there are two TPM devices in the device
> > tree.
> > * Removed global ACPI handle and version string from tpm_ppi.c as this
> > is racy. Instead they should be associated with the chip.
> > * Moved code just a tiny bit towards two-phase allocation to implement
> > fix for the PPI race conditions.
> > * Added missing copyright platter in tpm_ppi.c.
>
> The PPI parts of this look fine to me, and are a really nice cleanup,
> thanks!
>
> Personally, I'd sequence this commit right after your 'tpm: two-phase
> chip management functions' commit because it makes it much saner (no
> half step toward the new functions). I assume this is a theoretical
> problem? Or do you have a two TPM system?
This has realized in Intel NUCs where there is PTT and dTPM module. Even
when PTT is selected there is still ACPI device for dTPM so three is a
race condition and PPI is unusable. I think that it's not good that code is
not robust enough to deal with this.
Even if you forget the race condition it feels waste to lookup a handle
that is already known.
I'll send non-TPM2 patches in their own patch set because they don't
require to deal with sysfs attributes.
> Jason
/Jarkko
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:42:51PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > Personally, I'd sequence this commit right after your 'tpm: two-phase
> > chip management functions' commit because it makes it much saner (no
> > half step toward the new functions). I assume this is a theoretical
> > problem? Or do you have a two TPM system?
>
> This has realized in Intel NUCs where there is PTT and dTPM module. Even
> when PTT is selected there is still ACPI device for dTPM so three is a
> race condition and PPI is unusable. I think that it's not good that code is
> not robust enough to deal with this.
Oh OK, you should probably explain in the commit log that this is a
bug fix that impacts real hardware, that qualifies it for the -stable
tree.
Assuming two-phase commit is nearly ready to go, I'd still sequence
this fix after two-phase for mainline and then use this patch as-is
for the 3.17 -stable backport of the mainline commit.
> Even if you forget the race condition it feels waste to lookup a handle
> that is already known.
There is no doubt that this new arrangement is much better than what
was there before!
Thanks,
Jason
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 03:02:15PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:42:51PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>
> > > Personally, I'd sequence this commit right after your 'tpm: two-phase
> > > chip management functions' commit because it makes it much saner (no
> > > half step toward the new functions). I assume this is a theoretical
> > > problem? Or do you have a two TPM system?
> >
> > This has realized in Intel NUCs where there is PTT and dTPM module. Even
> > when PTT is selected there is still ACPI device for dTPM so three is a
> > race condition and PPI is unusable. I think that it's not good that code is
> > not robust enough to deal with this.
>
> Oh OK, you should probably explain in the commit log that this is a
> bug fix that impacts real hardware, that qualifies it for the -stable
> tree.
>
> Assuming two-phase commit is nearly ready to go, I'd still sequence
> this fix after two-phase for mainline and then use this patch as-is
> for the 3.17 -stable backport of the mainline commit.
OK, makes sense. I'll try to get this done tonight.
> > Even if you forget the race condition it feels waste to lookup a handle
> > that is already known.
>
> There is no doubt that this new arrangement is much better than what
> was there before!
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
/Jarkko
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 01:05:33PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 03:02:15PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:42:51PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> >
> > > > Personally, I'd sequence this commit right after your 'tpm: two-phase
> > > > chip management functions' commit because it makes it much saner (no
> > > > half step toward the new functions). I assume this is a theoretical
> > > > problem? Or do you have a two TPM system?
> > >
> > > This has realized in Intel NUCs where there is PTT and dTPM module. Even
> > > when PTT is selected there is still ACPI device for dTPM so three is a
> > > race condition and PPI is unusable. I think that it's not good that code is
> > > not robust enough to deal with this.
> >
> > Oh OK, you should probably explain in the commit log that this is a
> > bug fix that impacts real hardware, that qualifies it for the -stable
> > tree.
> >
> > Assuming two-phase commit is nearly ready to go, I'd still sequence
> > this fix after two-phase for mainline and then use this patch as-is
> > for the 3.17 -stable backport of the mainline commit.
>
> OK, makes sense. I'll try to get this done tonight.
I propose that the current fix would be actually taken into 3.18 as it
is and bigger changes would be introduced for 3.19 as the merge window
is closed. I do not think it would be wise at this point to make larger
structural changes.
I could however update the commit message and copyright platter
(should have 2012-2014, not just 2014). What do you think? Peter?
/Jarkko