FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tpm: remove invalid min length check from tpm_do_selftest()" failed to apply to 4.8-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.8-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From befd99656c5eb765fe9d96045c4cba099fd938db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 09:49:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] tpm: remove invalid min length check from tpm_do_selftest()

Removal of this check was not properly amended to the original commit.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 0c541332231e ("tpm: use tpm_pcr_read_dev() in tpm_do_selftest()")
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index 8de61876f633..3a9149cf0110 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -813,9 +813,6 @@ int tpm_do_selftest(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (rc < TPM_HEADER_SIZE)
-			return -EFAULT;
-
 		if (rc == TPM_ERR_DISABLED || rc == TPM_ERR_DEACTIVATED) {
 			dev_info(&chip->dev,
 				 "TPM is disabled/deactivated (0x%X)\n", rc);