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Message-ID: <20170913005823.n7oqknkedlo22xe6@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:58:23 -0700
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-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ima-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, patrickc@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] tpm: define __wait_for_tpm_stat to specify
 variable polling sleep time

On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 08:56:37AM -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
> The existing wait_for_tpm_stat() checks the chip status before
> sleeping for 5 msec in a polling loop.  For some functions although
> the status isn't ready immediately, the status returns extremely
> quickly. Waiting for 5 msec causes an unnecessary delay. An
> example is the send() call in the tpms_tis driver.
> 
> This patch defines __wait_for_tpm_stat(), allowing the caller
> to specify the polling sleep timeout value within the loop.
> The existing wait_for_tpm_stat() becomes a wrapper for this
> function.
> 
> After this change, performance on a TPM 1.2 with an 8 byte
> burstcount for 1000 extends improved from ~14sec to ~10sec.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Please get rid of wait_for_tpm_stat() rather than further making it more
complex. It's hardware specific stuff. This function should not exist in
tpm-interface.c.

/Jarkko

> ---
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h           |  3 +++
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c  | 11 ++++++-----
>  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> index 1d6729be4cd6..b23d006243b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> @@ -1050,8 +1050,9 @@ static bool wait_for_tpm_stat_cond(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 mask,
>  	return false;
>  }
>  
> -int wait_for_tpm_stat(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 mask, unsigned long timeout,
> -		      wait_queue_head_t *queue, bool check_cancel)
> +int __wait_for_tpm_stat(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 mask, unsigned long timeout,
> +		      unsigned int poll_sleep, wait_queue_head_t *queue,
> +		      bool check_cancel)
>  {
>  	unsigned long stop;
>  	long rc;
> @@ -1085,7 +1086,7 @@ int wait_for_tpm_stat(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 mask, unsigned long timeout,
>  		}
>  	} else {
>  		do {
> -			tpm_msleep(TPM_TIMEOUT);
> +			tpm_msleep(poll_sleep);
>  			status = chip->ops->status(chip);
>  			if ((status & mask) == mask)
>  				return 0;
> @@ -1093,6 +1094,14 @@ int wait_for_tpm_stat(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 mask, unsigned long timeout,
>  	}
>  	return -ETIME;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__wait_for_tpm_stat);
> +
> +int wait_for_tpm_stat(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 mask, unsigned long timeout,
> +		      wait_queue_head_t *queue, bool check_cancel)
> +{
> +	return __wait_for_tpm_stat(chip, mask, timeout, TPM_TIMEOUT,
> +			queue, check_cancel);
> +}
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_for_tpm_stat);
>  
>  #define TPM_ORD_SAVESTATE 152
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> index 2d5466a72e40..eb2f8818eded 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> @@ -525,6 +525,9 @@ int tpm_do_selftest(struct tpm_chip *chip);
>  unsigned long tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 ordinal);
>  int tpm_pm_suspend(struct device *dev);
>  int tpm_pm_resume(struct device *dev);
> +int __wait_for_tpm_stat(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 mask,
> +		unsigned long timeout, unsigned int poll_sleep,
> +		wait_queue_head_t *queue, bool check_cancel);
>  int wait_for_tpm_stat(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 mask, unsigned long timeout,
>  		      wait_queue_head_t *queue, bool check_cancel);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> index 6b9bf4c4d434..d1eab29cb447 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> @@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ static int tpm_tis_send_data(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
>  	status = tpm_tis_status(chip);
>  	if ((status & TPM_STS_COMMAND_READY) == 0) {
>  		tpm_tis_ready(chip);
> -		if (wait_for_tpm_stat
> -		    (chip, TPM_STS_COMMAND_READY, chip->timeout_b,
> +		if (__wait_for_tpm_stat
> +		    (chip, TPM_STS_COMMAND_READY, chip->timeout_b, 1,
>  		     &priv->int_queue, false) < 0) {
>  			rc = -ETIME;
>  			goto out_err;
> @@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ static int tpm_tis_send_data(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
>  		if (ignore_burst_count)
>  			continue;
>  
> -		if (wait_for_tpm_stat(chip, TPM_STS_VALID, chip->timeout_c,
> +		if (__wait_for_tpm_stat(chip, TPM_STS_VALID,
> +					chip->timeout_c, 1,
>  					&priv->int_queue, false) < 0) {
>  			rc = -ETIME;
>  			goto out_err;
> @@ -320,8 +321,8 @@ static int tpm_tis_send_data(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
>  	if (rc < 0)
>  		goto out_err;
>  
> -	if (wait_for_tpm_stat(chip, TPM_STS_VALID, chip->timeout_c,
> -				&priv->int_queue, false) < 0) {
> +	if (__wait_for_tpm_stat(chip, TPM_STS_VALID, chip->timeout_c,
> +				1, &priv->int_queue, false) < 0) {
>  		rc = -ETIME;
>  		goto out_err;
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.13.3
>