linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] tpm: add ptr to the tpm_space struct to file

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Date:   Fri, 10 Aug 2018 20:27:00 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
Cc:     flihp@...bit.us, jgg@...pe.ca, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] tpm: add ptr to the tpm_space struct to file_priv

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 01:27:44PM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
> Add a ptr to struct tpm_space to the file_priv to have an easy
> access to it in the async job without the need to allocate memory.
> This also allows to consolidate of the write operations for
> the two interfaces.

I think the 2nd premise should be the priority and the first premise should
be removed as it is not needed in any possible way to justify the
change.

/Jarkko