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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
index 1784530b8387..b99e1941c52c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ static void tpm_dev_async_work(struct work_struct *work)
ret = tpm_dev_transmit(priv->chip, priv->space, priv->data_buffer,
sizeof(priv->data_buffer));
tpm_put_ops(priv->chip);
- if (ret > 0) {
+
+ /*
+ * If ret is > 0 then tpm_dev_transmit returned the size of the
+ * response. If ret is < 0 then tpm_dev_transmit failed and
+ * returned an error code.
+ */
+ if (ret != 0) {
priv->response_length = ret;
mod_timer(&priv->user_read_timer, jiffies + (120 * HZ));
}