> > On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 03:42:15PM +0100, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 06:09:06PM +0900, Seunghun Han wrote: > > > I got an AMD system which had a Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and MSI > > > mainboard, and I had a problem with AMD's fTPM. My machine showed an error > > > message below, and the fTPM didn't work because of it. > > > > > > [ 5.732084] tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: can't request region for resource > > > [mem 0x79b4f000-0x79b4ffff] > > > [ 5.732089] tpm_crb: probe of MSFT0101:00 failed with error -16 > > > > > > When I saw the iomem, I found two fTPM regions were in the ACPI NVS area. > > > The regions are below. > > > > > > 79a39000-79b6afff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage > > > 79b4b000-79b4bfff : MSFT0101:00 > > > 79b4f000-79b4ffff : MSFT0101:00 > > > > > > After analyzing this issue, I found that crb_map_io() function called > > > devm_ioremap_resource() and it failed. The ACPI NVS didn't allow the TPM > > > CRB driver to assign a resource in it because a busy bit was set to > > > the ACPI NVS area. > > > > > > To support AMD's fTPM, I added a function to check intersects between > > > the TPM region and ACPI NVS before it mapped the region. If some > > > intersects are detected, the function just calls devm_ioremap() for > > > a workaround. If there is no intersect, it calls devm_ioremap_resource(). > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Seunghun Han <kkamagui@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > This problem is still valid and not addressed by Vanya's patch (and > > should not be as it is a disjoint issue). However, calling > > devm_ioremap() is somewhat racy as the NVS driver is not aware of that. > > > > My take is that this should be fixed in the code that assigns regions to > > the NVS driver e.g. it could look up the regions assigned to the > > MSFT0101 and ignore those regions. In the end linux-acpi maintainers > > have the say on this but this would be the angle that I'd take to > > implement such patch probably. > > Matthew pointed out that having a hook in NVS driver is better solution > because it is nil functionality if the TPM driver is loaded. We need > functions to: > > 1. Request a region from the NVS driver (when tpm_crb loads) > 2. Release a region back to the NVS Driver (when tpm_crb unloads). > > My proposal would unnecessarily duplicate code and also leave a > side-effect when TPM is not used in the first place. > > I see this as the overally best solution. If you can come up with a > patch for the NVS side and changes to CRB drivers to utilize the new > hooks, then combined with Vanya's changes we have a sustainable solution > for AMD fTPM. It's a great solution. I will update this patch on your advice and send it to you soon. By the way, I have a question about your advice. If we handle the NVS region with NVS driver, calling devm_ioremap() function is fine like crb_ioremap_resource() function in this patch? > > /Jarkko
