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Message-ID: <2c3fe153-150b-4439-93e1-f1b218033ba6@molgen.mpg.de>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 07:22:31 +0200
From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To: Prachotan Bathi <prachotan.bathi@....com>
Cc: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
 Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@....com>,
 linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] tpm_crb_ffa: handle tpm busy return code

Dear Praochotan,


Am 14.06.25 um 01:31 schrieb Prachotan Bathi:
> For CRB over FF-A interface, if the firmwre TPM or TPM service [1] shares

firmw*a*re

> its Secure Partition (SP) with another service, message requests may
> fail with a -EBUSY error. Platforms supporting direct message request v2[1]
>   can support secure partitions that support multiple services.

Please remove the two leading spaces. Also I’d swap the sentences.

> To handle this, replace the single check and call with a retry loop
> that attempts the TPM message send operation until it succeeds or a
> configurable timeout is reached. The retry mechanism introduces a
> module parameter (`busy_timeout`, default: 2000ms) to control how long

Please append the unit to the name.

> to keep retrying on -EBUSY responses. Between retries, the code waits
> briefly (50-100 microseconds) to avoid busy-waiting and handling
> TPM BUSY conditions more gracefully.

It’d be great if you documented your test setup and how to test this.

Out of curiosity: Can the parameter be changed during runtime?

> [1] TPM Service Command Response Buffer Interface Over FF-A
> https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0138/latest/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Prachotan Bathi <prachotan.bathi@....com>
> ---
>   drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c
> index 4ead61f01299..e47e110bac9e 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
>   #define pr_fmt(fmt) "CRB_FFA: " fmt
>   
>   #include <linux/arm_ffa.h>
> +#include <linux/delay.h>
> +#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
>   #include "tpm_crb_ffa.h"
>   
>   /* TPM service function status codes */
> @@ -178,6 +180,17 @@ int tpm_crb_ffa_init(void)
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_crb_ffa_init);
>   
> +static unsigned int busy_timeout = 2000;

Please append _ms to the variable name.

> +/**
> + * busy_timeout - Maximum time to retry before giving up on busy
> + *
> + * This parameter defines the maximum time in milliseconds to retry
> + * sending a message to the TPM service before giving up.
> + */
> +module_param(busy_timeout, uint, 0644);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(busy_timeout,
> +		 "Maximum time to retry before giving up on busy");

Please name the unit.

> +
>   static int __tpm_crb_ffa_send_recieve(unsigned long func_id,
>   				      unsigned long a0,
>   				      unsigned long a1,
> @@ -191,34 +204,47 @@ static int __tpm_crb_ffa_send_recieve(unsigned long func_id,
>   
>   	msg_ops = tpm_crb_ffa->ffa_dev->ops->msg_ops;
>   
> -	if (ffa_partition_supports_direct_req2_recv(tpm_crb_ffa->ffa_dev)) {
> -		memset(&tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2, 0x00,
> -		       sizeof(struct ffa_send_direct_data2));
> +	ktime_t start;
> +	ktime_t stop;
> +
> +	start = ktime_get();
> +	stop = ktime_add(start, ms_to_ktime(busy_timeout));
> +
> +	do {
> +		if (ffa_partition_supports_direct_req2_recv(tpm_crb_ffa->ffa_dev)) {
> +			memset(&tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2, 0x00,
> +			       sizeof(struct ffa_send_direct_data2));
>   
> -		tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[0] = func_id;
> -		tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[1] = a0;
> -		tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[2] = a1;
> -		tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[3] = a2;
> +			tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[0] = func_id;
> +			tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[1] = a0;
> +			tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[2] = a1;
> +			tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[3] = a2;
>   
> -		ret = msg_ops->sync_send_receive2(tpm_crb_ffa->ffa_dev,
> +			ret = msg_ops->sync_send_receive2(tpm_crb_ffa->ffa_dev,
>   				&tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2);
> -		if (!ret)
> -			ret = tpm_crb_ffa_to_linux_errno(tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[0]);
> -	} else {
> -		memset(&tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data, 0x00,
> -		       sizeof(struct ffa_send_direct_data));
> -
> -		tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data1 = func_id;
> -		tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data2 = a0;
> -		tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data3 = a1;
> -		tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data4 = a2;
> -
> -		ret = msg_ops->sync_send_receive(tpm_crb_ffa->ffa_dev,
> -				&tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data);
> -		if (!ret)
> -			ret = tpm_crb_ffa_to_linux_errno(tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data1);
> -	}
> +			if (!ret)
> +				ret = tpm_crb_ffa_to_linux_errno(tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data2.data[0]);
> +		} else {
> +			memset(&tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data, 0x00,
> +			       sizeof(struct ffa_send_direct_data));
>   
> +			tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data1 = func_id;
> +			tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data2 = a0;
> +			tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data3 = a1;
> +			tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data4 = a2;
> +
> +			ret = msg_ops->sync_send_receive(tpm_crb_ffa->ffa_dev,
> +				&tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data);
> +			if (!ret)
> +				ret = tpm_crb_ffa_to_linux_errno(tpm_crb_ffa->direct_msg_data.data1);
> +		}
> +		if (ret == -EBUSY)
> +			pr_err("TPM says busy, trying again, value, ret: %d\n",
> +			       ret);
> +		else
> +			break;
> +		usleep_range(50, 100);
> +	} while (ktime_before(ktime_get(), stop));

Log a message with the timeout in case the timeout is reached?

>   
>   	return ret;
>   }


Kind regards,

Paul

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