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

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 23:23:20 +0200
From:	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Wilck@...el.com, Martin <martin.wilck@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] remaining tpmdd fixes for Linux 4.5

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 12:11:48PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 09:08:28PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:52:45AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 04:50:23PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I already pushed a fix to my master for this issue:
> > > > 
> > > > https://github.com/jsakkine/linux-tpmdd/commit/6386544ad7bceb3d0248b85da29d4d99eebe9161
> > > 
> > > The goal is to reduce the number of #ifdef'd code segments so we have
> > > fewer problems in future with a large .config test matrix.
> > > 
> > > I'd rather see a __maybe_unused annotation instead.
> > 
> > Agreed that it's a better form but at this point it's probably revert
> > the breaking change and move to that later on. Otherwise, I don't see
> > reason not to include the patch that you authored to the release. I've
> > used it in my test kernels for quite some time now and it has worked
> > without issues.
> > 
> > I sent my fix for review now.
> 
> A warning with some kconfigs is very minor, we can take the time to
> fix it properly for 4.6.

I don't see any problem adding those too ifdefs back for 4.5 release.

> I am surprised the 0day -next builds/etc didn't notice this - Jarkko is
> your tree included in that process somehow? (sorry, I don't remember
> the details)

It has been and I've received notifications from there from time to
time about my master branch and fixed issues accordingly.

> Jason

/Jarkko