linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] tpm: Clean up reading of timeout and duration capabilities

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Message-ID: <20160919232406.GE22760@obsidianresearch.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:24:06 -0600
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Ed Swierk <eswierk@...portsystems.com>,
        Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
        "moderated list:TPM DEVICE DRIVER" 
        <tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tpm: Clean up reading of timeout and duration
 capabilities

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:22:08PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> From: Ed Swierk <eswierk@...portsystems.com>
> 
> Call tpm_getcap() from tpm_get_timeouts() to eliminate redundant
> code. Return all errors to the caller rather than swallowing them
> (e.g. when tpm_transmit_cmd() returns nonzero).

I didn't look at these closely, but I agree with the idea.

Jason