linux-kernel - Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v2] drivers/tpm: add xen tpmfront interface

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Date:	Tue, 28 May 2013 09:16:54 -0500
From:	Kent Yoder <shpedoikal@...il.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	leosilva@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, adlai@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	TPM Device Driver List <tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Ian.Campbell@...rix.com, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xen.org
Subject: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v2] drivers/tpm: add xen tpmfront interface

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
<konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 05:12:24PM -0500, Kent Yoder wrote:
>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
>> <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 02:47:01PM -0500, Kent Yoder wrote:
>> >> >> +     notify_remote_via_evtchn(priv->evtchn);
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +     ordinal = be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *) (buf + 6)));
>> >> >
>> >> > Um, + 6? Why? Is there an #define for that magic constant?
>> >> > Should this value be read before you do the wait_for_tpm_stat stuff?
>> >>
>> >>   This is hardcoded to 6 even in tpm.c.  Time for a #define...
>> >>
>> >> > Otherwise it looks OK to me. Should this go through me or Kent?
>> >> > And if so, is Kent waiting for my feedback?
>> >>
>> >>   My comments were minor -- I was expecting feedback on your earlier
>> >> comments before merging.  I think this should go through the tpmdd
>> >> maintainer if its going to live in drivers/char/tpm though.
>> >
>> > That is you I thought?
>> >
>> > konrad@...nom:~/mm$ scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/char/tpm
>> > Kent Yoder <key@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> (maintainer:TPM DEVICE DRIVER)
>> > Rajiv Andrade <mail@...jiv.net> (maintainer:TPM DEVICE DRIVER)
>> > Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net> (maintainer:TPM DEVICE DRIVER)
>> > Sirrix AG <tpmdd@...rix.com> (maintainer:TPM DEVICE DRIVER)
>> > tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net (moderated list:TPM DEVICE DRIVER)
>> > linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
>>
>> That was me until today. :-)  But I didn't see the response your comments yet.
>
> Congratulations to you on a move to a new job!! Can you say what it is?

  Thanks, yeah I'm headed to Cisco -- the job will focus on pen
testing and some security research.

Kent

> I am sure Daniel will post a patch shortly, and will CC everybody that get_maintainer.pl
> finds.
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