linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v9 04/17] tpm: print tpm2_commit_space() error inside tpm2_commit

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Date:   Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:12:55 +0000
From:   "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
CC:     "linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org" <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Struk, Tadeusz" <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Nayna Jain" <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        "Jason Gunthorpe" <jgg@...pe.ca>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v9 04/17] tpm: print tpm2_commit_space() error inside
 tpm2_commit_space()



> 
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 09:25:22PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > The error logging for tpm2_commit_space() is in a wrong place. This
> > > commit moves it inside that function.
> > >
> > > Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 2 --
> > >  drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c    | 9 ++++++---
> > >  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> > > b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm- interface.c index 64510ed81b46..7ac6ada8428c
> > > 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> > > @@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ static ssize_t tpm_try_transmit(struct tpm_chip
> > > *chip,
> > >  	}
> > >
> > >  	rc = tpm2_commit_space(chip, space, ordinal, buf, &len);
> > > -	if (rc)
> > > -		dev_err(&chip->dev, "tpm2_commit_space: error %d\n", rc);
> > >
> > >  out:
> > >  	/* may fail but do not override previous error value in rc */ diff
> > > --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
> > > b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c index 1131a8e7b79b..5ecc73988f7c
> > > 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
> > > @@ -501,19 +501,19 @@ int tpm2_commit_space(struct tpm_chip *chip,
> > > struct tpm_space *space,
> > >  	rc = tpm2_map_response_header(chip, cc, buf, *bufsiz);
> > >  	if (rc) {
> > >  		tpm2_flush_space(chip);
> > > -		return rc;
> > > +		goto out;
> > >  	}
> > >
> > >  	rc = tpm2_map_response_body(chip, cc, buf, *bufsiz);
> > >  	if (rc) {
> > >  		tpm2_flush_space(chip);
> > > -		return rc;
> > > +		goto out;
> > >  	}
> > >
> > >  	rc = tpm2_save_space(chip);
> > >  	if (rc) {
> > >  		tpm2_flush_space(chip);
> > > -		return rc;
> > > +		goto out;
> > >  	}
> > >
> > >  	*bufsiz = be32_to_cpu(header->length); @@ -526,4 +526,7 @@ int
> > > tpm2_commit_space(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
> > >  	memcpy(space->session_buf, chip->work_space.session_buf,
> > > PAGE_SIZE);
> > >
> > >  	return 0;
> > > +out:
> > Maybe 'out' is too positive name for an error-only exit point?
> > or you can use if (rc) ... dev_err()
> 
> out_err?
out_err is good, it is used in more places, so it has some of consistency.
Thanks
Tomas



> 
> /Jarkko