Re: [PATCH] Fix Atmel TPM crash caused by too frequent queries

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On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 10:49:27PM -0700, Hao Wu wrote:
> > On Jun 23, 2021, at 6:35 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 04:18:09PM -0700, Hao Wu wrote:
> >> This is a fix for the ATMEL TPM crash bug reported in
> >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-integrity/patch/20200926223150.109645-1-hao.wu@xxxxxxxxxx/
> >> 
> >> According to the discussions in the original thread,
> >> we don't want to revert the timeout of wait_for_tpm_stat
> >> for non-ATMEL chips, which brings back the performance cost.
> >> For investigation and analysis of why wait_for_tpm_stat
> >> caused the issue, and how the regression was introduced,
> >> please read the original thread above.
> >> 
> >> Thus the proposed fix here is to only revert the timeout
> >> for ATMEL chips by checking the vendor ID.
> >> 
> >> Test Plan:
> >> - Run fixed kernel with ATMEL TPM chips and see crash
> >>  has been fixed.
> >> - Run fixed kernel with non-ATMEL TPM chips, and confirm
> >>  the timeout has not been changed.
> > 
> > Please move test plan right before diffstat if you wan to include such,
> > so that it does not go into the commit log.
> Hi Jarkko, not sure I understood your suggestion or not. I removed
> the test plan from the commit message in a updated commit
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-integrity/patch/20210624053321.861-1-hao.wu@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Let me know if I misunderstood this. I am fine to not include test plan,
> If this is not something expected by linux community.
> I personally think it is helpful to understand the confidence of the commit.
> 
> > 
> >> ---

You can add it right here. Then it won't be included to the actual
commit log but is still available in the patch.

/Jarkko 



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