linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 0/2] tpm: improving granularity in poll sleep times

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Message-Id: <20180516055125.5685-1-nayna@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 May 2018 01:51:23 -0400
From:   Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterhuewe@....de,
        jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com, tpmdd@...horst.net,
        jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com, patrickc@...ibm.com,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/2] tpm: improving granularity in poll sleep times

The existing TPM polling code sleeps in each loop iteration for time in
msecs ranging from 1 msecs to 5 msecs. However, many of the TPM commands
complete much faster, resulting in unnecessary delays.

This set of patches identifies such iterations and optimizes the sleep
time. The first patch replaces TPM_POLL_SLEEP with TPM_TIMEOUT_POLL and
moves it from tpm_tis_core.c to tpm.h as an enum with value 1 msecs. The
second patch further reduces the TPM poll sleep time in get_burstcount()
and wait_for_tpm_stat() in tpm_tis_core.c by calling usleep_range()
directly.

The change is only in the polling time, and the maximum timeout is still
maintained the same. Thus, it should not affect the overall existing
behavior.

Changelog:

v4:
tpm: reduce poll sleep time in tpm_transmit()
* added Reviewed-by, Tested-by and Ack-by

tpm: reduce polling time to usecs for even finer granularity
* included Jarkko's feedback
* added Ack-by

v3:

tpm: reduce poll sleep time in tpm_transmit()
* added testing platform information
* updated patch description for more clarity on reasoning

tpm: reduce polling time to usecs for even finer granularity
* added testing platform information
* added Jarkko's and Mimi's Reviewed-by

v2:

tpm: reduce poll sleep time in tpm_transmit()
* merged previously defined two patches into this.
* updated patch description as per Jarkko's feedback

tpm: reduce polling time to usecs for even finer granularity
* directly use usleep_range with finer granularity less than 1msec

Nayna Jain (2):
  tpm: reduce poll sleep time in tpm_transmit()
  tpm: reduce polling time to usecs for even finer granularity

 drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c |  2 +-
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h           |  5 ++++-
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c  | 11 +++--------
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

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