Re: Recent tpm_tis IRQ handling changes are causing kernel backtraces]

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Hi,

On 6/30/21 12:05 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 09:14:39PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 6/29/21 8:04 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 03:54:59PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 6/23/21 3:40 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 02:04:52PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/14/21 3:33 PM, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/1/21 6:04 PM, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 5/31/21 6:36 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Interestingly enough the first backtrace is also happening on a:
>>>>>>>>>> "Dell Inc. XPS 13 9310/0MRT12, BIOS 2.2.0 04/06/2021"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So it seems that at least with 5.12.6 (which has the last 2 fixes)
>>>>>>>>>> all reports are about the XPS 13 9310. I wonder if there is an
>>>>>>>>>> issue with the TPM interrupt line on the XPS 13 9310; I've asked the
>>>>>>>>>> reporters to try adding tpm_tis.interrupts=0 to their kernel commandline.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is helpful for sure that these all are happening on matching hardware.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So our kernel-backtrace tracking info (ABRT) just recorded a third backtrace
>>>>>>>> with a kernel >= 5.12.6, again on the XPS 13 9310, so now we have 3 variants:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. Backtrace starting with a call to ima_add_boot_aggregate
>>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1963712
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2. Backtrace starting with a call to tpm_dev_async_work:
>>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964974
>>>>>>>> (note this one is not easily reproducible)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3. Backtrace starting with a call to rng_dev_read:
>>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1920510
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3. is the new one. All bugs linked above are public, all 3 backtraces
>>>>>>>> so far have only been reported on the XPS 13 9310 (with kernel >= 5.12.6)
>>>>>>>> and I've asked all the reporters to check if tpm_tis.interrupts=0 helps.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quick status update, I've got a response from a XPS 13 9310 user in:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1920510
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Indicating that a. he can reproduce this with the latest >= 5.12.6 kernels;
>>>>>>> and b. it goes away when specifying tpm_tis.interrupts=0 as I expected
>>>>>>> (I expected this because all the bug-reports started when the interrupt
>>>>>>> code got fixed/re-enabled a while ago).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One more status update.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - A new 4th variant of the backtrace has been spotted, where the problem hits
>>>>>> when called from probe() -> tpm2_auto_startup -> tpm2_do_selftest, see:
>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958381
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - So far all reports with kernel >= 5.12.6 have been on a Dell XPS 13 9310
>>>>>> models. But the new variant is happening on a Dell XPS 15 9500 and the
>>>>>> backtrace starting at ima_add_boot_aggregate is also being reported on
>>>>>> a Dell XPS 15 9500 (as well as on the XPS 13 9310).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hans
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, I'll have to query if I could borrow that laptop from someone. It's
>>>>> fairly common laptop, i.e. might be possible.
>>>>
>>>> In the mean time I've also got a report that this variant of the backtrace:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Backtrace starting with a call to ima_add_boot_aggregate
>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1963712
>>>>
>>>> Is also still happening with recent 5.12.y kernels on
>>>> Dell Precision 7750 laptops. Both the Precision 7750 and the XPS 9500 use
>>>> 10th gen comet lake processors (i7-10750H), where as the XPS 9310 is using
>>>> an icelake processor. So the common denominator seems to be that they are
>>>> all 2020 Dell laptop models using the latest Intel CPUs.
>>>>
>>>> FYI the complete list of models on which some of the 4 backtrace variants
>>>> are still seen on recent 5.12.y kernels is now:
>>>>
>>>> Dell XPS 13 9310
>>>> Dell XPS 15 9500
>>>> Dell Precision 7750
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Hans
>>>
>>> Does "tpm_tis.interrupts=0" uniformly workaround the issue?
>>
>> I unfortunately have not gotten much replies to my request to test with
>> tpm_tis.interrupts=0, but for those people who have bothered to test
>> (2 reporters IIRC) using tpm_tis.interrupts=0 does avoid the issue.
> 
> So we see this in dmesg as first anything from TPM:
> 
> [    0.904572] tpm_tis STM0125:00: 2.0 TPM (device-id 0x0, rev-id 78)
> 
> This means that one command is successfully processed by the TPM, i.e.
> tpm2_probe() in tpm_tis_core_init().
> 
> My first *guess*  was that IRQ is given by ACPI, would need ACPI dump to
> confirm (e.g. sudo acpidump > acpi.dump). It cannot be so because otherwise
> this code path would be executed:
> 
>         if (!(chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ)) {
>                 dev_err(&chip->dev, FW_BUG
>                         "TPM interrupt not working, polling instead\n");
> 
>                 disable_interrupts(chip);
>         }
> 
> TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ is never set, so you should see this message in dmesg if
> a legit value is given to IRQ by ACPI.  We are probably planning re-enable
> IRQ code after these type of issues are fully resolved, but right now you
> should not end up having it enabled (see tpm_tis_send() function).
> 
> To put this together "if (irq != -1) {" path in tpm_tis_core_init() is
> never executed. And early in the same function the interrupt hardware is
> *explicitly* disabled.
> 
> For me this looks like a hardware bug right now: interrupts stay enabled
> for some reason.
> 
> ACPI dump would be useful to verify some of the assumptions in this.

Ok, I've added a comment to the Fedora bugs for the 4 different backtrace
variants asking for acpidumps for the Dell XPS 13 9310, Dell XPS 15 9500
and Dell Precision 7750 laptops.

Regards,

Hans




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