linux-kernel - Re: tpm-correct-tpm-timeouts-to-jiffies-conversion.patch -> 2.6.27

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Message-Id: <20080910152258.762e3714.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:22:58 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	marcin_obara@...rs.sourceforge.net, tpm@...horst.net,
	kjhall@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, debora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: tpm-correct-tpm-timeouts-to-jiffies-conversion.patch -> 2.6.27

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:11:37 +0200
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> is it possible to push
> tpm-correct-tpm-timeouts-to-jiffies-conversion.patch
> (the patch header follows) into 2.6.27, please?

Sure.

> From: Marcin Obara <marcin_obara@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> 
> This patch fixes timeouts conversion to jiffies, by replacing
> msecs_to_jiffies() calls with usecs_to_jiffies().  According to TCG TPM
> Specification Version 1.2 Revision 103 (pages 166, 167) TPM timeouts and
> durations are returned in microseconds (usec) not in miliseconds (msec).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Obara <marcin_obara@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Marcel Selhorst <tpm@...horst.net>
> Cc: Kylene Jo Hall <kjhall@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

Why?  I wasn't aware that this fixed anything which anyone had observed
(pokes tongue out at the changelog).

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