linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] tpm: move event log init functions to tpm_eventlog

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Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:31:03 +0530
From:   Nayna <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:     tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, peterhuewe@....de,
        tpmdd@...horst.net, jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] tpm: move event log init functions to
 tpm_eventlog_init.c



On 11/24/2016 01:08 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 12:27:35PM -0500, Nayna Jain wrote:
>> The device driver code for the event log has the init functions and
>> TPM 1.2 parsing logic both defined in same file(tpm_eventlog.c).
>>
>> Since the initialization functions are common with the TPM 2.0 event
>> log support, this patch splits tpm_eventlog.c to have only TPM 1.2
>> event log parsing logic and moves the init functions into
>> tpm_eventlog_init.c.
>
> I think I'd rather see a tpm_eventlog1.c/tpm_eventlog2.c than this
> _init thing..

Do you mean tpm_eventlog1.c for TPM 1.2 and tpm_eventlog2.c for TPM 2.0 
  event log specific parsing ?

And if so, then which one should have the common functions for TPM 1.2 
and TPM 2.0 ?

Thanks & Regards,
    - Nayna

>
> Jason
>