linux-kernel - Aw: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe function is NULL

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Message-ID: <trinity-9610945b-691d-4673-9279-26c15a922fcc-1448996099448@3capp-gmx-bs43>
Date:	Tue, 1 Dec 2015 19:54:59 +0100
From:	"Peter Huewe" <PeterHuewe@....de>
To:	"Jason Gunthorpe" <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:	"Wilck, Martin" <martin.wilck@...fujitsu.com>,
	"tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Uwe Kleine-König" 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Aw: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] base/platform: fix panic when probe
 function is NULL

> > >That fixes tpm_tis, but there are other ancient TPM drivers that use
> > >the old, now broken way.
> > >
> > >So, we still need to do something here. Either fixup b8b2c7d845d5 as
> > >you have proposed, remove the now broken obsolete TPM drivers, or try
> > >and fix them..
> >
> > How broken are they and since when?

> oops the kernel broken, since 4.4-rc1 apparently, so not released yet.
damn, I was hoping MUCH longer :)

> > Mark them as obsolete , default them to No and remove them by 4.10
> > if there are no objections?

> Greg KH has been advising just to delete stuff right away. It is easy
> to undelete something if someone comes around with hardware and is
> willing to test

Can you point to that discussion or was it offline?
I mean for staging, yes there it is clear, but for stuff that is officially "upstream", I'm not 100% sure.

Thanks,
Peter


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