linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] crypto: ccree: cleanup, fixes and R-Car enabling

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jun 2018 08:00:57 +0300
From:   Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
To:     Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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        Ofir Drang <ofir.drang@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] crypto: ccree: cleanup, fixes and R-Car enabling

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 11:51 AM, Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 04:57:15PM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 3:58 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> > Hi Gilad,
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 4:19 PM Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com> wrote:
>> >> The patch set enables the use of CryptoCell found in some Renesas R-Car
>> >> Salvator-X boards and fixes some driver issues uncovered that prevented
>> >> to work properly.
>> >
>> > With DEBUG enabled on R-Car H3, I see lots of
>> >
>> >     ccree e6601000.crypto: IRR includes unknown cause bits (0x00000098)
>> >     ccree e6601000.crypto: IRR includes unknown cause bits (0x000000C0)
>> >     ccree e6601000.crypto: IRR includes unknown cause bits (0x000000D0)
>> >     ccree e6601000.crypto: IRR includes unknown cause bits (0x000000D8)
>> >     ccree e6601000.crypto: IRR includes unknown cause bits (0x000000E0)
>> >     ccree e6601000.crypto: IRR includes unknown cause bits (0x000000F0)
>> >     ccree e6601000.crypto: IRR includes unknown cause bits (0x000000F8)
>> >
>> > during boot. Is that expected?
>>
>> Yes. The condition itself it is reporting is not necessarily bad. It
>> means that driver
>> did not act on certain HW notification during interrupts and that's
>> OK, we don't act on all of them
>> depending on configuration - e.g. if you have CONFIG_FIPS enabled and
>> an active TEE module or not.
>>
>> I can rate_limit the message if it bothers you but other than that it
>> is a harmless debug print.
>
> Rate limiting sounds like an excellent idea to me.

Will do.

Thanks!
Gilad



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