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From: Richard Lyu <richard.lyu@suse.com>
To: jarkko@kernel.org
Cc: fourier.thomas@gmail.com, jgg@ziepe.ca,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	peterhuewe@gmx.de, richard.lyu@suse.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] tpm: Remove ineffective wmb() from tpm_pm_resume()
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:44:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260910024430.40418-1-richard.lyu@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aqIVn0cDBvIYKggE@r1chard>

The comment above the wmb() in tpm_pm_resume() states that the barrier
guarantees TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED is written last, so that hwrng does
not activate before the chip has been fully resumed.  It cannot do so:
it is placed after the store that clears the flag, and therefore does
not order the preceding resume work before that store.  It also has
nothing to pair with, as tpm_try_get_ops() contains no matching read
barrier.

Drop the barrier along with the comment rather than leave a no-op
behind.  Should such ordering turn out to be needed, it would require
paired barriers or locking.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a62fc816-259a-4d28-a265-e425bc17ed50@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Richard Lyu <richard.lyu@suse.com>

---
v2:
- Drop the Fixes tag: this is a cleanup, not a bug fix.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aqIVn0cDBvIYKggE@r1chard/
---
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index b4e749e70b02..0bab78c8767c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -497,12 +497,6 @@ int tpm_pm_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 	chip->flags &= ~TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED;
 
-	/*
-	 * Guarantee that SUSPENDED is written last, so that hwrng does not
-	 * activate before the chip has been fully resumed.
-	 */
-	wmb();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_pm_resume);
-- 
2.51.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-10  2:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-08  9:58 [PATCH] tpm: Remove ineffective wmb() from tpm_pm_resume() Richard Lyu
2026-09-09 22:51 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-09-10  2:27   ` Richard Lyu
2026-09-10  2:44     ` Richard Lyu [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-09-10  2:46 [PATCH v2] " Richard Lyu

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