linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] tpm: tpm_crb: relinquish locality on error path.

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Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:00:32 +0000
From:   "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
CC:     "Usyskin, Alexander" <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        "linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org" <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] tpm: tpm_crb: relinquish locality on error path.

> 
> On Sat, 2018-04-07 at 19:12 +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > In crb_map_io() function, __crb_request_locality() is called prior to
> > crb_cmd_ready(), but if one of the consecutive function fails the flow
> > bails out instead of trying to relinquish locality.
> > This patch adds goto jump to __crb_relinquish_locality() on the error path.
> >
> > Fixes: 888d867df441 (tpm: cmd_ready command can be issued only after
> > granting
> > locality)
> > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c | 10 +++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
> > index 7f78482cd157..34fbc6cb097b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
> > @@ -511,8 +511,10 @@ static int crb_map_io(struct acpi_device *device,
> > struct crb_priv *priv,
> >
> >  	priv->regs_t = crb_map_res(dev, priv, &io_res, buf->control_address,
> >  				   sizeof(struct crb_regs_tail));
> > -	if (IS_ERR(priv->regs_t))
> > -		return PTR_ERR(priv->regs_t);
> > +	if (IS_ERR(priv->regs_t)) {
> > +		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->regs_t);
> > +		goto out_relinquish_locality;
> > +	}
> >
> >  	/*
> >  	 * PTT HW bug w/a: wake up the device to access @@ -520,7 +522,7
> @@
> > static int crb_map_io(struct acpi_device *device, struct crb_priv
> > *priv,
> >  	 */
> >  	ret = crb_cmd_ready(dev, priv);
> >  	if (ret)
> > -		return ret;
> > +		goto out_relinquish_locality;
> >
> >  	pa_high = ioread32(&priv->regs_t->ctrl_cmd_pa_high);
> >  	pa_low  = ioread32(&priv->regs_t->ctrl_cmd_pa_low);
> > @@ -565,6 +567,8 @@ static int crb_map_io(struct acpi_device *device,
> > struct crb_priv *priv,
> >
> >  	crb_go_idle(dev, priv);
> >
> > +out_relinquish_locality:
> > +
> >  	__crb_relinquish_locality(dev, priv, 0);
> >
> >  	return ret;
> 
> Thanks, please just call it before returning in the error path.

Can you please elaborate why, isn't the centralized exiting of functions preferred kernel coding style? 
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.11/process/coding-style.html#centralized-exiting-of-functions 

Thanks
Tomas

> 
> /Jarkko