Re: [PATCH v7 0/2] Run TPM2_Shutdown on system shutdown

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>]

On Sun, 2017-06-25 at 14:53 -0700, Josh Zimmerman wrote:
> This patchset causes all devices in the tpm class to issue TPM2_Shutdown
> when the system is shutting down.
> 
> As a prerequisite, it adds a "shutdown" method to "struct class".
> 
> Since this bug can cause users to be locked out of their TPMs, I'd like
> this patch included in at least 4.4 and 4.9. 4.1 is nice-to-have but not
> essential.
> 
> gregkh Acked the proposal for stable in v3 of this patch.
> 
>  drivers/base/core.c          |  6 +++++-
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c  | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c |  3 +++
>  include/linux/device.h       |  2 ++
>  4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-

Josh,

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>

I'll rebase my next after testing (and add also Tested-by).

I have one question as you are more familiar with the issue a hand.
What if you just cut the power from the device, does this affect
DA counter?

/Jarkko

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