linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3] tpm_tis: verify interrupt during init

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.11.1408280017420.1064@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:35:16 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Scot Doyle <lkml14@...tdoyle.com>
To:	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
cc:	Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>, Ashley Lai <ashley@...leylai.com>,
	Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
	Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Luigi Semenzato <semenzato@...gle.com>,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3] tpm_tis: verify interrupt during init


On Wed, 27 Aug 2014, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 09:32:10PM +0000, Scot Doyle wrote:
>>>> -    if (tpm_do_selftest(chip)) {
>>>> -            dev_err(dev, "TPM self test failed\n");
>>>> -            rc = -ENODEV;
>>>> -            goto out_err;
>>>> -    }
>>>
>>> Move gettimeout too
>>
>> Can it be moved? It sends startup(clear) if the TPM isn't yet operational.
>
> To move it means we have to understand why you are getting timeouts:
>
> [   33.247720] tpm_tis 00:08: tpm_transmit: tpm_send: error -62
> [   33.247731] tpm_tis 00:08: [Hardware Error]: TPM command timed out during continue self test
>
> I had thought based on your other patch that these should not happen
> since the raw register is polled after the timer expires?

It is polled after the timer expires in tpm_tis_send_data, but not in 
tpm_tis_send, and the return value is used in tpm_tis_send...

> What is going on here? Do you still have that other patch applied?

...so with the other patch applied too, the output is:
[    1.464217] tpm_tis 00:08: 1.2 TPM (device-id 0xB, rev-id 16)
[    3.570836] tpm_tis 00:08: tpm_transmit: tpm_send: error -62
[    3.660885] tpm_tis 00:08: [Firmware Bug]: TPM interrupt not working, polling instead

Much better! Any thoughts before I proceed?
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