From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:34894 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750831AbeE3Kuj (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2018 06:50:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 13:50:34 +0300 From: Jarkko Sakkinen To: "Winkler, Tomas" Cc: Jason Gunthorpe , "Usyskin, Alexander" , "linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: separate cmd_ready/go_idle from runtime_pm Message-ID: <20180530105034.GA14905@linux.intel.com> References: <20180516194600.28189-1-tomas.winkler@intel.com> <20180522091732.GA5228@linux.intel.com> <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B9D89D350@hasmsx109.ger.corp.intel.com> <20180523131616.GD363@linux.intel.com> <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B9D8A1269@hasmsx109.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B9D8A1269@hasmsx109.ger.corp.intel.com> Sender: linux-integrity-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 01:48:17PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote: > > > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 09:27:46AM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:46:00PM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote: > > > > > New wrappers are added tpm_cmd_ready() and tpm_go_idle() > > wrappers > > > > > to streamline tpm_try_transmit code. TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED flag > > is > > > > abused > > > > > to resolve tpm spaces recursive calls to tpm_transmit(). > > > > > > > > This looks good and all but I don't think we want to abuse anything > > > > in the driver code, do we? > > > > > > It's not abuse just the flag UNLOCKED is not really named correctly I > > > think this has to be backported so wanted to do less invasive change. > > > > It should be renamed anyway and possible merge conflicts are not hard to > > sort out in this change. Can you rename it as SPACE? > > Not sure, I believe UNLOCKED is still better name than SPACE, I'm not sure this is > Do you also want to remove TPM_TRANSMIT_RAW? > clk_enable is handling its own anti recursion counter 'data->clkrun_enabled' > but it should be all handled under one flag I guess. > > > Right, and even without rename this will probably cause merge conflicts at > > least in v4.4 an v4.9 since in-kernel RM landed in v4.12, so not much gain not > > do the rename :-) > > I belive we should do minimal change and the big cleanup after that. > Not sure, I believe UNLOCKED is still better name than SPACE even it wasn't the original intention. > No the SPACE is the issue, but any recursion call into tpm_transmit. A bigger change is needed > and rename to SPACE would be just another intermediat change. > > Please reconsider. > > Thanks > Tomas Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen /Jarkko