linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm: Ensure that tpm chip has ops to check if it's defective

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jun 2023 05:08:58 +0300
From:   "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     "Limonciello, Mario" <mario.limonciello@....com>,
        "Greg KH" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     <peterhuewe@....de>, <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Linux regressions mailing list" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Sachin Sant" <sachinp@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: Ensure that tpm chip has ops to check if it's
 defective

On Fri Jun 23, 2023 at 4:42 PM EEST, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
>
> On 6/23/2023 1:08 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 10:04:27PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> >> The ibmvtpm doesn't have `chip->ops` set, and so trying to check
> >> if it's a defective AMD fTPM doesn't work.
> >>
> >> Add an extra check to tpm_amd_is_rng_defective() to ensure the
> >> TPM being checked has `chip->ops`.
> >>
> >> Cc: Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
> >> Reported-by: Aneesh Kumar K. V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
> >> Reported-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ux.ibm.com>
> >> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/99B81401-DB46-49B9-B321-CF832B50CAC3@linux.ibm.com/
> >> Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ux.ibm.com>
> >> Fixes: bd8621ca1510 ("tpm: Add !tpm_amd_is_rng_defective() to the hwrng_unregister() call site")
> >> Fixes: f1324bbc4011 ("tpm: disable hwrng for fTPM on some AMD designs")
> >> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 3 +++
> >>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > No cc: stable on that list above?
>
> Good point, my mistake on that miss.
>
> If Jarkko agrees with the direction of this patch, I think
> it can be added while committing.

Hmm... sorry Midsummer weekend, which is kind of big thing in Finland,
and also helping toe expose neo-nazi affiliated minister (sounds crazy
but it is literally true) have made me lag a bit with LKML.

I'm presuming that we are going in the direction of Jerry's patch,
right?

BR, Jarkko