Re: [PATCH 1/1] Fix TPM chip hanging system before suspend/shutdown

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Thank you for the instructions!

First I used gmail and even setting it to text only it destroyed
formatting. Later I set up git to send the e-mail directly.

I read everything you asked again and implemented all suggestions,
sending it right away.

Em qui., 7 de mar. de 2024 às 16:54, Jarkko Sakkinen
<jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
>
> On Thu Mar 7, 2024 at 2:03 AM EET, Adam Alves wrote:
> > My PC would hang on almost every shutdown/suspend until I started
> > testing this patch and so far in the past week I haven’t experienced
> > any problems anymore.
> >
> > I suspect that the root cause on my specific board is that after the
> > ACPI command to put the device to S3 or S5, some firmware
> > application/driver will try to use the TPM chip expecting it to be in
> > Locality 0 as expected by TCG PC Client Platform Firmware Profile
> > Version 1.06 Revision 52 (3.1.1 – Pre-OS Environment) and then when it
> > fails to do so it simply halts the whole system.
> >
> > This issue might be related to the following bug:
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217890
> >
> > Enable a user to configure the kernel
> > through “tpm.locality_on_suspend=1” boot parameter so that the locality
> > is set before suspend/shutdown in order to diagnose whether or not the
> > board is one of the buggy ones that require this workaround. Since this
> > bug is related to the board/platform instead of the specific TPM chip,
> > call dmi_check_system on the tpm_init function so that this setting is
> > automatically enabled for boards specified in code (ASUS TUF GAMING
> > B460M-PLUS already included) – automatic configuration only works in
> > case CONFIG_DMI is set though, since dmi_check_system is a non-op when
> > CONFIG_DMI is not set.
> >
> > In case “tpm.locality_on_suspend=0” (the default) don't change any
> > behavior thus preserving current functionality of any other board
> > except ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF GAMING B460M-PLUS and possibly future
> > boards as we successfully diagnose other boards with the same issue
> > fixed by using “tpm.locality_on_suspend=1”.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adam Alves <adamoa@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c      |  9 ++++++++
> >  drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h           |  1 +
> >  include/linux/tpm.h              |  1 +
> >  4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
> > index 42b1062e33cd..8fdf7a137a94 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
> > @@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ void tpm_chip_stop(struct tpm_chip *chip)
> >  {
> >       tpm_go_idle(chip);
> >       tpm_relinquish_locality(chip);
> > +     // If locality is to be preserved, we need to make sure it is Locality 0.
>
> If you put that kind C++ comment you should also check out
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html
>
> Other stuff that I said in my earlier response still applies.
>
> BR, Jarkko



-- 
Adam Oliveira Alves





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