linux-kernel - Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] tpm_crb: fix bad name pointer usage with struct resource

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Message-ID: <20160220080422.GA6833@intel.com>
Date:	Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:04:22 +0200
From:	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:	Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>, tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] tpm_crb: fix bad name pointer usage with
 struct resource

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:44:34AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 05:06:06PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> 
> > Can you quickly check the two top-most patches:
> > 
> > https://github.com/jsakkine/linux-tpmdd/commits/master
> 
> Drop the change to crb_map_res, the memset is not needed.

Left-over from when I tried to catch the issue. Removed.

> The shutdown change is probably OK for a rc fix, but it is still wrong.
> The shutdown has to be done inside the code after the core has removed
> all access to the tpm but before it has torn down so much that the
> driver doesn't work anymore.

I made the modifications you asked and run my smoke tests. Can I apply
your Reviewed-by's?

> Jason

/Jarkko