tpm1_continue_selftest(9)

💫 tpm1_continue_selftest(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the tpm1_continue_selftest page in the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, yes it's giving "official business", and yes we're still gonna make it cute. this one's short and sweet, so let's lock in 🔒✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tpm1_continue_selftest — literally just run the TPM's selftest. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int tpm1_continue_selftest (struct tpm_chip *chip );

that's it. one function, one argument, no cap.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• chip — the TPM chip you wanna use, bestie. hand it over and let it cook. 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ — this function runs the TPM's selftest, and it tells you how it went through its return value:

• returns 0 on success — slay, we ate 🍓
• returns something < 0 in case of a fatal error — not the vibe, lowkey a red flag 💀
• returns a value > 0 representing a TPM error code — so like, the TPM itself is having a moment and it's telling you about it 🙈

fr fr, watch those three cases — 0, < 0, and > 0 all mean different things and you don't wanna mix them up.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./drivers/char/tpm/tpm1-cmd.c, and the whole friend group:

• tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(9)
• tpm1_startup(9)
• tpm1_get_random(9)
• tpm1_do_selftest(9)
• tpm1_auto_startup(9)
• tpm1_pm_suspend(9)
• tpm1_get_pcr_allocation(9)

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🌺 and that's the page!! source/version lives at ./drivers/char/tpm and the date on this icon is October 2026 — mwah, bye bestie, go run some selftests 💖🧚‍♀️