linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] tpm: use struct tpm_chip for tpm_chip_find

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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:03:03 -0600
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        David Safford <safford@...ibm.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>,
        "open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE" 
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:INTEGRITY MEASUREMENT ARCHITECTURE (IMA)" 
        <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:KEYS-TRUSTED" <keyrings@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] tpm: use struct tpm_chip for tpm_chip_find_get()

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 03:54:50PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Device number (the character device index) is not a stable identifier
> for a TPM chip. That is the reason why every call site passes
> TPM_ANY_NUM to tpm_chip_find_get().
> 
> This commit changes the API in a way that instead a struct tpm_chip
> instance is given and NULL means the default chip. In addition, this
> commit refines the documentation to be up to date with the
> implementation.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com> (@chip_num -> @chip)
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>

Jason