linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [REPOST] tpm: suppress durations sysfs output if not read

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Date:	Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:31:06 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	m.selhorst@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [REPOST] tpm: suppress durations sysfs output if not
 read

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011, Stefan Berger wrote:

> Suppress the output in the 'durations' sysfs entry if they were not read
> during driver initialization. This is similar to other sysfs entries
> that return nothing if for some reason sending the commands to the TPM
> fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6#next


> 
> ---
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c |    3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
> @@ -963,6 +963,9 @@ ssize_t tpm_show_durations(struct device
>  {
>  	struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>  
> +	if (chip->vendor.duration[TPM_LONG] == 0)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	return sprintf(buf, "%d %d %d [%s]\n",
>  		       jiffies_to_usecs(chip->vendor.duration[TPM_SHORT]),
>  		       jiffies_to_usecs(chip->vendor.duration[TPM_MEDIUM]),
> 

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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