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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] Have IMA find and use a tpm_chip until system
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From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
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On Mon, 2018-06-25 at 06:43 -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> This series of patches converts IMA's usage of the tpm_chip to find a TPM
> chip initially and use it until the machine is shut down. To do this we need
> to introduce a kref for the tpm_chip that IMA and all other users of a
> tpm_chip hold onto until they don't need the TPM chip anymore.
> 
>     Stefan
> 
> v3->v4:
>   - followed Jason's suggestions

"Jason's suggestions" means nothing.

/Jarkko