* [PATCH v2 0/4] tpm: Cache ACPI TPM2 start method and gate tpm_crb_ffa probe
@ 2026-11-14 19:34 Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-14 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] tpm: Cache TPM2 start method Siddharth Chintamaneni
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From: Siddharth Chintamaneni @ 2026-11-14 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Huewe, Jarkko Sakkinen
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe, Sudeep Holla, Yeoreum Yun, Stuart Yoder, apais,
rlmenge, hargar, linux-integrity, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel,
Siddharth Chintamaneni
This series caches the ACPI TPM2 start method in tpm_init() and uses
the cached tpm2_acpi_start_method value across tpm_crb_ffa, tpm_tis,
and tpm_crb.
Patch 1 caches the ACPI TPM2 start method once in tpm_init() into
tpm2_acpi_start_method (defaulting to ACPI_TPM2_NOT_ALLOWED when
absent or invalid).
Patch 2 checks tpm2_acpi_start_method in tpm_crb_ffa_probe() and
returns -ENODEV unless ACPI advertises ACPI_TPM2_CRB_WITH_ARM_FFA,
skipping FF-A probing on non-FF-A platforms while keeping modular
tpm_crb/tpm_crb_ffa loading intact.
Patches 3 and 4 update tpm_tis and tpm_crb to use the cached
tpm2_acpi_start_method value during probe.
Changes in v2:
- Expand into a 4-patch series caching tpm2_acpi_start_method in
tpm_init() and converting tpm_crb_ffa, tpm_tis, and tpm_crb to use
it (Jarkko Sakkinen).
- Move the tpm_crb_ffa start_method check from module_init into
tpm_crb_ffa_probe() so tpm_crb.ko and tpm_crb_ffa.ko still load
cleanly on non-FF-A systems when built as modules.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/20261112233807.70664-1-sidchintamaneni@gmail.com/
Jarkko Sakkinen (1):
tpm: Cache TPM2 start method
Siddharth Chintamaneni (3):
tpm: tpm_crb_ffa: Only probe when ACPI TPM2 uses FF-A
tpm: tpm_tis: Use cached tpm2_acpi_start_method
tpm: tpm_crb: Use cached tpm2_acpi_start_method
drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 1 +
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c | 5 +++++
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c | 18 +++++++-----------
5 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
base-commit: 912c3bad2eb993eb3e83c2689cd4e17361ef087f
--
2.45.4
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* [PATCH v2 1/4] tpm: Cache TPM2 start method
2026-11-14 19:34 [PATCH v2 0/4] tpm: Cache ACPI TPM2 start method and gate tpm_crb_ffa probe Siddharth Chintamaneni
@ 2026-11-14 19:34 ` Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-14 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] tpm: tpm_crb_ffa: Only probe when ACPI TPM2 uses FF-A Siddharth Chintamaneni
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From: Siddharth Chintamaneni @ 2026-11-14 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Huewe, Jarkko Sakkinen
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe, Sudeep Holla, Yeoreum Yun, Stuart Yoder, apais,
rlmenge, hargar, linux-integrity, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel,
Siddharth Chintamaneni
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Both tpm_tis and tpm_crb retrieve the start method from the ACPI TPM2
table during device probe, and tpm_crb_ffa also needs it before chip
allocation.
Cache the start method in tpm2_acpi_start_method during tpm_init() and
export it for the leaf drivers, defaulting to ACPI_TPM2_NOT_ALLOWED when
the table is absent or invalid.
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Co-developed-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index e0385b16616b..7b7da79bee7c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -534,8 +534,17 @@ int tpm_get_random(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *out, size_t max)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_get_random);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+u32 tpm2_acpi_start_method = ACPI_TPM2_NOT_ALLOWED;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm2_acpi_start_method);
+#endif
+
static int __init tpm_init(void)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+ struct acpi_table_tpm2 *tbl;
+ acpi_status status;
+#endif
int rc;
rc = class_register(&tpm_class);
@@ -562,6 +571,18 @@ static int __init tpm_init(void)
goto out_unreg_chrdev;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+ if (!acpi_disabled) {
+ status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_TPM2, 1,
+ (struct acpi_table_header **)&tbl);
+ if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
+ if (tbl->header.length >= sizeof(*tbl))
+ tpm2_acpi_start_method = tbl->start_method;
+ acpi_put_table((struct acpi_table_header *)tbl);
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
return 0;
out_unreg_chrdev:
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index fa554c5ad80b..212ca2410c93 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void tpm_sysfs_add_device(struct tpm_chip *chip);
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+extern u32 tpm2_acpi_start_method;
extern void tpm_add_ppi(struct tpm_chip *chip);
#else
static inline void tpm_add_ppi(struct tpm_chip *chip)
--
2.45.4
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* [PATCH v2 2/4] tpm: tpm_crb_ffa: Only probe when ACPI TPM2 uses FF-A
2026-11-14 19:34 [PATCH v2 0/4] tpm: Cache ACPI TPM2 start method and gate tpm_crb_ffa probe Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-14 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] tpm: Cache TPM2 start method Siddharth Chintamaneni
@ 2026-11-14 19:34 ` Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-14 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] tpm: tpm_tis: Use cached tpm2_acpi_start_method Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-14 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] tpm: tpm_crb: " Siddharth Chintamaneni
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From: Siddharth Chintamaneni @ 2026-11-14 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Huewe, Jarkko Sakkinen
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe, Sudeep Holla, Yeoreum Yun, Stuart Yoder, apais,
rlmenge, hargar, linux-integrity, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel,
Siddharth Chintamaneni
Prior to commit 677042afb97a ("tpm: tpm_crb_ffa: revert defered_probed
when tpm_crb_ffa is built-in"), built-in tpm_crb_ffa only registered
tpm_crb_ffa_driver from tpm_crb_ffa_init() after crb_acpi_probe()
confirmed start_method == ACPI_TPM2_CRB_WITH_ARM_FFA. After that
commit, tpm_crb_ffa unconditionally registers on the FF-A bus at
device_initcall time (and when loaded as a module) without checking
the platform's ACPI TPM2 start method.
A platform's firmware may expose a TPM CRB over FF-A Secure Partition
for UEFI boot services while advertising a non-FF-A start method to
the OS in the ACPI TPM2 table. When the ACPI TPM2 table designates a
non-FF-A start method, Linux has no consumer for tpm_crb_ffa and
should not probe the FF-A TPM service.
On Microsoft Cobalt 200 systems, the ACPI TPM2 table does not use
ACPI_TPM2_CRB_WITH_ARM_FFA, yet ffa_init() discovers the FF-A TPM
partition and tpm_crb_ffa_probe() unconditionally sends
CRB_FFA_GET_INTERFACE_VERSION via FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ2/REQ SMC.
That request wedges the calling CPU in Secure World (with Non-Secure
interrupts and GICv3 pseudo-NMIs masked), hanging boot with an RCU CPU
stall:
[ 5.507519] ARM FF-A: Driver version 1.2
[ 5.507519] ARM FF-A: Firmware version 1.2 found
[ 5.507551] ARM FF-A: Notification setup failed -61, not enabled
[ 7.150580] Freeing initrd memory: 293640K
[ 65.515248] rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
[ 65.521346] rcu: 10-...0: (3 GPs behind) idle=dd9c/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=37/37 fqs=5262
[ 65.530031] rcu: hardirqs softirqs csw/system
[ 65.535589] rcu: number: 0 0 0
[ 65.541146] rcu: cputime: 0 0 0 ==> 30028(ms)
[ 65.548102] rcu: (detected by 66, t=15010 jiffies, g=-951, q=1384 ncpus=132)
[ 65.555228] Sending NMI from CPU 66 to CPUs 10:
[ 75.560686] After 10 seconds, these CPUS still haven't responded to the NMI: 10
Check tpm2_acpi_start_method in tpm_crb_ffa_probe() and return -ENODEV
unless it equals ACPI_TPM2_CRB_WITH_ARM_FFA. Checking in probe() rather
than module_init allows tpm_crb_ffa.ko to load as a symbol dependency
of tpm_crb.ko on non-FF-A platforms when built as modules, while
skipping FF-A TPM requests unless ACPI advertises the FF-A start
method.
Fixes: eb93f0734ef1 ("tpm_crb: ffa_tpm: Implement driver compliant to CRB over FF-A")
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c
index 025c4d4b17ca..da676da6f3f0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb_ffa.c
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "CRB_FFA: " fmt
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/arm_ffa.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include "tpm.h"
#include "tpm_crb_ffa.h"
static unsigned int busy_timeout_ms = 2000;
@@ -324,6 +326,9 @@ static int tpm_crb_ffa_probe(struct ffa_device *ffa_dev)
struct tpm_crb_ffa *p;
int rc;
+ if (tpm2_acpi_start_method != ACPI_TPM2_CRB_WITH_ARM_FFA)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
/* only one instance of a TPM partition is supported */
if (tpm_crb_ffa && !IS_ERR_VALUE(tpm_crb_ffa))
return -EEXIST;
--
2.45.4
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* [PATCH v2 3/4] tpm: tpm_tis: Use cached tpm2_acpi_start_method
2026-11-14 19:34 [PATCH v2 0/4] tpm: Cache ACPI TPM2 start method and gate tpm_crb_ffa probe Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-14 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] tpm: Cache TPM2 start method Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-14 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] tpm: tpm_crb_ffa: Only probe when ACPI TPM2 uses FF-A Siddharth Chintamaneni
@ 2026-11-14 19:34 ` Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-14 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] tpm: tpm_crb: " Siddharth Chintamaneni
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From: Siddharth Chintamaneni @ 2026-11-14 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Huewe, Jarkko Sakkinen
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe, Sudeep Holla, Yeoreum Yun, Stuart Yoder, apais,
rlmenge, hargar, linux-integrity, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel,
Siddharth Chintamaneni
Use the cached tpm2_acpi_start_method value in check_acpi_tpm2() instead
of mapping and unmapping the ACPI TPM2 table again during probe.
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c | 18 +++++++-----------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
index 6f8344894ea5..a6fb6f889e7d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
@@ -138,28 +138,24 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, tpm_acpi_tbl);
static int check_acpi_tpm2(struct device *dev)
{
const struct acpi_device_id *aid = acpi_match_device(tpm_acpi_tbl, dev);
- struct acpi_table_tpm2 *tbl;
- acpi_status st;
- int ret = 0;
if (!aid || aid->driver_data != DEVICE_IS_TPM2)
return 0;
- /* If the ACPI TPM2 signature is matched then a global ACPI_SIG_TPM2
- * table is mandatory
+ /*
+ * If the ACPI TPM2 signature is matched then a global ACPI_SIG_TPM2
+ * table is mandatory.
*/
- st = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_TPM2, 1, (struct acpi_table_header **)&tbl);
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(st) || tbl->header.length < sizeof(*tbl)) {
+ if (tpm2_acpi_start_method == ACPI_TPM2_NOT_ALLOWED) {
dev_err(dev, FW_BUG "failed to get TPM2 ACPI table\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
/* The tpm2_crb driver handles this device */
- if (tbl->start_method != ACPI_TPM2_MEMORY_MAPPED)
- ret = -ENODEV;
+ if (tpm2_acpi_start_method != ACPI_TPM2_MEMORY_MAPPED)
+ return -ENODEV;
- acpi_put_table((struct acpi_table_header *)tbl);
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
#else
static int check_acpi_tpm2(struct device *dev)
--
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@ 2026-11-14 19:34 ` Siddharth Chintamaneni
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From: Siddharth Chintamaneni @ 2026-11-14 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Huewe, Jarkko Sakkinen
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe, Sudeep Holla, Yeoreum Yun, Stuart Yoder, apais,
rlmenge, hargar, linux-integrity, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel,
Siddharth Chintamaneni
Check the cached tpm2_acpi_start_method value at the start of
crb_acpi_probe() before mapping the ACPI TPM2 table for CRB-specific
parameters. This avoids mapping the table when it is absent or when the
device uses ACPI_TPM2_MEMORY_MAPPED and belongs to tpm_tis.
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
index 4749a9183726..c1c2b72459a2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
@@ -945,18 +945,23 @@ static int crb_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (!device)
return -ENODEV;
- status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_TPM2, 1,
- (struct acpi_table_header **) &buf);
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || buf->header.length < sizeof(*buf)) {
+ sm = tpm2_acpi_start_method;
+ if (sm == ACPI_TPM2_NOT_ALLOWED) {
dev_err(dev, FW_BUG "failed to get TPM2 ACPI table\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
/* Should the FIFO driver handle this? */
- sm = buf->start_method;
- if (sm == ACPI_TPM2_MEMORY_MAPPED) {
- rc = -ENODEV;
- goto out;
+ if (sm == ACPI_TPM2_MEMORY_MAPPED)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_TPM2, 1,
+ (struct acpi_table_header **)&buf);
+ if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || buf->header.length < sizeof(*buf)) {
+ dev_err(dev, FW_BUG "failed to get TPM2 ACPI table\n");
+ if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
+ acpi_put_table((struct acpi_table_header *)buf);
+ return -EINVAL;
}
priv = devm_kzalloc_obj(dev, struct crb_priv);
--
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