Re: [PATCH v3] tpm: ibmvtpm: retry on H_CLOSED in tpm_ibmvtpm_send()

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 07:49:27PM -0400, George Wilson wrote:
> tpm_ibmvtpm_send() can fail during PowerVM Live Partition Mobility resume
> with an H_CLOSED return from ibmvtpm_send_crq().  The PAPR says, 'The
> “partner partition suspended” transport event disables the associated CRQ
> such that any H_SEND_CRQ hcall() to the associated CRQ returns H_Closed
> until the CRQ has been explicitly enabled using the H_ENABLE_CRQ hcall.'
> This patch adds a check in tpm_ibmvtpm_send() for an H_CLOSED return from
> ibmvtpm_send_crq() and in that case calls tpm_ibmvtpm_resume() and
> retries the ibmvtpm_send_crq() once.
> 
> Reported-by: Linh Pham <phaml@us.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: George Wilson <gcwilson@linux.ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Linh Pham <phaml@us.ibm.com>
> Fixes: 132f76294744 ("Add new device driver to support IBM vTPM")

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>

Thank you.

/Jarkko