linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] Add "shutdown" to "struct class".

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2017 11:45:33 -0600
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:     Josh Zimmerman <joshz@...gle.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Add "shutdown" to "struct class".

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:39:08AM -0700, Josh Zimmerman wrote:
> (Continuing thread from patch v1)
> > > On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 12:43:11PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> > > > > The TPM class has some common shutdown code that must be executed
> > > > > for all drivers. This adds some needed functionality for that
> > > >
> > > > The issue with this is, that on some platforms the only storage can be
> > > > eMMC and TPM is using it,. It has to be ensured that the storage
> > > > device won't go down before TPM2_shutdown is called.  And there is no
> > > > direct device hierarchy to ensure an orderly shutdown.
> > >
> > > Something will have to use the new device links stuff to define that
> > > dependency, but that seems unrelated to this patch?
> >
> >
> > Yep, it's not directly related to this specific patch, this is more relevant particularly to TPM2_shutdown.
> 
> Jason, do you want me to do that in my patch on the tpmdd-devel list?
> If so, mind giving me a documentation pointer or two? I'm not familiar
> with this area.

No.. Ordering power management events is something someone with
knowledge of the specific emmc platform is going to have to tackle..
It isn't really a core problem, platform specific code will have to
setup the needed device links to order power management properly..

Jason