linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm: drop chip->is_open and chip->duration

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:11:54 -0800
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:     tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
        Christophe Ricard <christophe.ricard@...il.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: drop chip->is_open and chip->duration_adjusted

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 09:30:01PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 03:44:58PM -0800, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > Use atomic bitops for chip->flags so that we do not need chip->is_open
> > and chip->duration_adjusted anymore.
> 
> I don't know if it s a really great idea to use atomic bit ops for
> things that do not need to be atomic.. It makes the locking scheme
> less clear. is open is genuinely different since it relies on the
> atomic for correctness.

The way I see it is one of the status flags bound to chip among the
others. I do not see this cause too much harm for clarity. It eases
debugging the driver a bit because you get more state out of 'flags'.

It also makes code little a bit more robust as flags is independent of
locks.

How strong is your opposition here? I do not see any exceptional damage
done but see some subtle but still significant benefits.

> Merging is_duration makes lots of sense though

Also timeout_adjusted should be merged (for some reason missed it).

> Jason

/Jarkko