Re: [PATCH v1] tpm: restore timeout for key creation commands

Paul Menzel
2026-04-10T06:50:02Z

Dear Baoli,

Thank you for your patch. Some formalities:

Am 10.04.26 um 03:49 schrieb Baoli.Zhang:
> After the per-command duration map was introduced, TPM2 key creation
> commands (`CREATE_PRIMARY`, `CREATE`, `CREATE_LOADED`) were limited to
> 30 seconds.
>
> On some platforms this is not sufficient and key creation can time out.
> Commit 207696b17f38 ("tpm: use a map for tpm2_calc_ordinal_duration()")
> inadvertently reduced these command timeouts from 300 seconds to 30
> seconds. Restore them to 300 seconds to avoid spurious failures.

Please document such a platform.

> Fixes: 207696b17f38 ("tpm: use a map for tpm2_calc_ordinal_duration()")
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoli.Zhang <baoli.zhang@linux.intel.com>

It’d be great if you remove the dot from your name:

git config --global user.name "Baoli Zhang"

> Co-developed-by: lili.li <lili.li@intel.com>

Same here. Maybe spell it Lili Li?

git commit --amend --author="BaoliZhang
<baoli.zhang@linux.intel.com>" -s

> ---
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
> index 3a77be7ebf4aa..430022f695f24 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
> @@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ static const struct {
> {TPM2_CC_HIERARCHY_CHANGE_AUTH, 2000},
> {TPM2_CC_GET_CAPABILITY, 750},
> {TPM2_CC_NV_READ, 2000},
> - {TPM2_CC_CREATE_PRIMARY, 30000},
> - {TPM2_CC_CREATE, 30000},
> - {TPM2_CC_CREATE_LOADED, 30000},
> + {TPM2_CC_CREATE_PRIMARY, 300000},
> + {TPM2_CC_CREATE, 300000},
> + {TPM2_CC_CREATE_LOADED, 300000},
> };
>
> /**