linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] tpm_tis: convert to using locality callbacks

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Date:   Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:36:28 -0600
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:     Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>
Cc:     tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] tpm_tis: convert to using locality callbacks

On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 01:05:21PM -0700, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:

> @@ -672,7 +658,7 @@ void tpm_tis_remove(struct tpm_chip *chip)
>  		interrupt = 0;
>  
>  	tpm_tis_write32(priv, reg, ~TPM_GLOBAL_INT_ENABLE & interrupt);
> -	release_locality(chip, priv->locality, 1);
> +	release_locality(chip, priv->locality);

Why is this done during remove? The tpm core should now keep things so
that there is not a requested locality except during command so execution
we should not get here with a requested locality..

Jason