linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v4 4/5] tpm: split out tpm-dev.c into tpm-dev.c and tpm-common-dev.c

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Message-ID: <20170124142840.2lvdpw2ediriqfra@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:28:40 +0200
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,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v4 4/5] tpm: split out tpm-dev.c into tpm-dev.c and
 tpm-common-dev.c

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 09:47:54AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 01:44:32AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: James Bottomley
> > <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
> 
> I really think we should not use the ugly read/write interface for any
> new things.
> 
> Still unconvinced we should add a new cdev at this point.. But seeing
> seesion support certainl is encouraging..
> 
> Jason

We can then revisit the interface once my patch set includes
the full functionality inluding the session management.

It's only a tiny portion of the implementation and can be
switched at any point.

/Jarkko