linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] vTPM: fix missing error handling for suspend operation

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Message-ID: <20160331164229.GA16413@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:42:29 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Hon Ching(Vicky) Lo" <honclo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, Peter Huewe <PeterHuewe@....de>,
	Ashley Lai <ashley@...leylai.com>,
	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vTPM: fix missing error handling for suspend operation

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:41:23AM -0400, Hon Ching(Vicky) Lo wrote:
> ibmvtpm_send_crq in tpm_ibmvtpm_suspend returns errors in a more
> granular level than what the existing code does.  This patch adds
> the missing CRQ transport event code checks to ensure appropriate
> action taken, in the case that ibmvtpm_send_crq returns H_CLOSED.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hon Ching(Vicky) Lo <honclo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c |   43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h |    7 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

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