> On 04-Jul-2019, at 5:29 PM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2019-07-03 at 23:32 -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
>> The nr_allocated_banks and allocated banks are initialized as part of
>> tpm_chip_register. Currently, this is done as part of auto startup
>> function. However, some drivers, like the ibm vtpm driver, do not run
>> auto startup during initialization. This results in uninitialized memory
>> issue and causes a kernel panic during boot.
>>
>> This patch moves the pcr allocation outside the auto startup function
>> into tpm_chip_register. This ensures that allocated banks are initialized
>> in any case.
>>
>> Fixes: 879b589210a9 ("tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms with
>> PCR read")
>> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks for the fix. Kernel boots fine with this fix.
Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks
-Sachin
