linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1.3 2/4] key: add tpm

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Date:	Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:11:12 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1.3 2/4] key: add tpm_send command

Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> > > +	module_put(chip->dev->driver->owner);
> > 
> > Where's the corresponding module_get()?  I suspect this should be wrapped to
> > match tpm_chip_find_get().
> > 
> > David
> 
> The module_get() is in tpm_chip_find_get(), which is just a helper.
> (It's used this way throughout tpm.c)

I'd make a function tpm_chip_find_put() just to wrap module_put() and then
place it with tpm_chip_find_get() in the sources.  That makes it easier to see
what's going on.

David
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