linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] tpm: add optional max xfer size check

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Message-ID: <20160720151006.GA7285@intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:10:06 +0300
From:	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrey Pronin <apronin@...omium.org>
Cc:	Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
	Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christophe Ricard <christophe.ricard@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] tpm: add optional max xfer size check

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 07:34:18PM -0700, Andrey Pronin wrote:
> This patchset introduces an optional maximum transfer size that can
> be specified by a tpm driver. Setting the max_xfer_size helps to catch
> the cases when burstcnt is incorrectly reported by the device (e.g. >64
> for spi - happened in practice) and gracefully handle such situations.

Acknowledged but I won't review these before the second week of August.

I've been active for early this week to give the feedback for the queued
patch sets and make sure that we deliver a solid 4.8 release.

Back to the vacation...

/Jarkko

> v2: removed unnecessary accessors in tpm_tis_core.h, fixed style
> 
> Andrey Pronin (2):
>   tpm_tis_core: add optional max xfer size check
>   tpm_tis_spi: add max xfer size
> 
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.h |  1 +
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi.c  |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.6.6
>