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From: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
To: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ardb@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tpm: do not ignore memblock_reserve return value
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:44:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZtI9ULGWeBKAVqUV@PC2K9PVX.TheFacebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3f79211f-f82c-4e41-9b40-e0abcbb4bdf0@gmail.com>

On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 10:33:22PM +0100, Usama Arif wrote:
> 
> 
> On 30/08/2024 09:23, Gregory Price wrote:
> > tpm code currently ignores a relevant failure case silently.
> > Add an error to make this failure non-silent.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
> > ---
> >  drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c
> > index 9c3613e6af15..b6939a6d44d9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/tpm.c
> > @@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ int __init efi_tpm_eventlog_init(void)
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	tbl_size = sizeof(*log_tbl) + log_tbl->size;
> > -	memblock_reserve(efi.tpm_log, tbl_size);
> > +	if (memblock_reserve(efi.tpm_log, tbl_size)) {
> > +		pr_err("TPM Event Log memblock reserve fails 0x%lx - %x\n",
> > +		       efi.tpm_log, tbl_size);
> > +		goto out;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	if (efi.tpm_final_log == EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR) {
> >  		pr_info("TPM Final Events table not present\n");
> 
> This was not a proper fix for the issue, sent a bit quickly!
> 
> I have sent it here https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240830212852.2794145-1-usamaarif642@gmail.com/
> 

This change addresses a separately, discrete issue and the two
changes should be different patches (this is aside from the change
you posted being incorrect for v1_2).

~Gregory

      reply	other threads:[~2024-08-30 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-30 13:23 [PATCH 1/2] tpm: fix signed/unsigned bug when checking event logs Gregory Price
2024-08-30 13:23 ` [PATCH 2/2] tpm: do not ignore memblock_reserve return value Gregory Price
2024-08-30 21:33   ` Usama Arif
2024-08-30 21:44     ` Gregory Price [this message]

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