linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm: select ANON

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Message-ID: <5721EB73.9060005@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:52:35 -0400
From:	Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
	Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: select ANON_INODES for proxy driver

On 04/28/2016 06:46 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The newly added vtpmx driver fails to build if CONFIG_ANON_INODES
> is disabled:
>
> drivers/char/built-in.o: In function `vtpmx_fops_ioctl':
> (.text+0x97f8): undefined reference to `anon_inode_getfile'
>
> This adds a Kconfig 'select' statement to ensure it's always there
> when we need it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Fixes: 794c38e01358 ("tpm: Proxy driver for supporting multiple emulated TPMs")

Acked-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Thanks.