linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis: reserve chip for duration of tpm_tis_core

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Date:   Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:26:12 -0700
From:   Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christian Bundy <christianbundy@...ction.io>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis: reserve chip for duration of tpm_tis_core_init

On Wed Dec 11 19, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
>Instead of repeatedly calling tpm_chip_start/tpm_chip_stop when
>issuing commands to the tpm during initialization, just reserve the
>chip after wait_startup, and release it when we are ready to call
>tpm_chip_register.
>
>Cc: Christian Bundy <christianbundy@...ction.io>
>Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
>Cc: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>
>Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
>Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
>Cc: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>Cc: linux-intergrity@...r.kernel.org

Typo on the list address, do you want me to resend Jarkko?

>Fixes: a3fbfae82b4c ("tpm: take TPM chip power gating out of tpm_transmit()")
>Signed-off-by: Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>
>---

I did some initial testing with both a 1.2 device and a 2.0 device here.
Christian, can you verify that this still solves your timeouts problem
you were seeing? Dan, can you try this on the internal system with
the interrupt issues? I will see if I can get the t490s owner to run
it as well.

Thanks,
Jerry