linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 9/9] tpm: cleanup of printk error messages

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Message-ID: <20161114222406.vupiibtylesbota7@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:24:06 -0800
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, peterhuewe@....de,
        tpmdd@...horst.net, jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 9/9] tpm: cleanup of printk error messages

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 05:00:56AM -0500, Nayna Jain wrote:
> This patch removes the unnecessary error messages on failing to
> allocate memory and replaces pr_err/printk with dev_dbg/dev_info
> as applicable.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>

/Jarkko

> ---
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_acpi.c | 16 ++++------------
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_of.c   | 29 +++++++++--------------------
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_acpi.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_acpi.c
> index fa30c969..ddbaef2 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_acpi.c
> @@ -60,11 +60,8 @@ int read_log_acpi(struct tpm_chip *chip)
>  	status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_TCPA, 1,
>  				(struct acpi_table_header **)&buff);
>  
> -	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> -		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: ERROR - Could not get TCPA table\n",
> -		       __func__);
> +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
>  		return -EIO;
> -	}
>  
>  	switch(buff->platform_class) {
>  	case BIOS_SERVER:
> @@ -78,25 +75,20 @@ int read_log_acpi(struct tpm_chip *chip)
>  		break;
>  	}
>  	if (!len) {
> -		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: ERROR - TCPA log area empty\n", __func__);
> +		dev_warn(&chip->dev, "%s: TCPA log area empty\n", __func__);
>  		return -EIO;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* malloc EventLog space */
>  	log->bios_event_log = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!log->bios_event_log) {
> -		printk("%s: ERROR - Not enough  Memory for BIOS measurements\n",
> -			__func__);
> +	if (!log->bios_event_log)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
>  
>  	log->bios_event_log_end = log->bios_event_log + len;
>  
>  	virt = acpi_os_map_iomem(start, len);
> -	if (!virt) {
> -		printk("%s: ERROR - Unable to map memory\n", __func__);
> +	if (!virt)
>  		goto err;
> -	}
>  
>  	memcpy_fromio(log->bios_event_log, virt, len);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_of.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_of.c
> index 22b8f81..3af829f 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_of.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_of.c
> @@ -31,40 +31,29 @@ int read_log_of(struct tpm_chip *chip)
>  	log = &chip->log;
>  	if (chip->dev.parent->of_node)
>  		np = chip->dev.parent->of_node;
> -	if (!np) {
> -		pr_err("%s: ERROR - IBMVTPM not supported\n", __func__);
> +	if (!np)
>  		return -ENODEV;
> -	}
>  
>  	sizep = of_get_property(np, "linux,sml-size", NULL);
> -	if (sizep == NULL) {
> -		pr_err("%s: ERROR - SML size not found\n", __func__);
> -		goto cleanup_eio;
> -	}
> +	if (sizep == NULL)
> +		return -EIO;
> +
>  	if (*sizep == 0) {
> -		pr_err("%s: ERROR - event log area empty\n", __func__);
> -		goto cleanup_eio;
> +		dev_warn(&chip->dev, "%s: Event log area empty\n", __func__);
> +		return -EIO;
>  	}
>  
>  	basep = of_get_property(np, "linux,sml-base", NULL);
> -	if (basep == NULL) {
> -		pr_err("%s: ERROR - SML not found\n", __func__);
> -		goto cleanup_eio;
> -	}
> +	if (basep == NULL)
> +		return -EIO;
>  
>  	log->bios_event_log = kmalloc(*sizep, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!log->bios_event_log) {
> -		pr_err("%s: ERROR - Not enough memory for BIOS measurements\n",
> -		       __func__);
> +	if (!log->bios_event_log)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
>  
>  	log->bios_event_log_end = log->bios_event_log + *sizep;
>  
>  	memcpy(log->bios_event_log, __va(*basep), *sizep);
>  
>  	return 0;
> -
> -cleanup_eio:
> -	return -EIO;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.5.0
>