linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] remaining tpmdd fixes for Linux 4.5

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:56:53 +1100 (AEDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] remaining tpmdd fixes for Linux 4.5

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:

> Hi James,
> 
> I'm sorry for the late pull request for 4.5. The reason for this was
> the latency in my previous one. I picked with care the absolutely
> critical fixes so that we can make a sound tpmdd release.
> 
> I really hope you can still pick these as one of them is absolutely
> critical to get authorization policy sealing API right (kernel keeps
> it finger out of user space created objects).

Pushed to next for more testing and review.

This really is getting too late in the development cycle for so many 
fixes.  It means the code was not ready to be merged in the first place.

Also, any idea why I'm seeing this:

drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c:838: warning: ‘tpm_tis_resume’ defined but not 
used


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