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

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Message-ID: <20170525130930.GA16244@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 15:09:30 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Josh Zimmerman <joshz@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
        tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Add "shutdown" to "struct class".

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:34:38AM -0700, Josh Zimmerman wrote:
> The TPM class has some common shutdown code that must be executed for
> all drivers. This adds some needed functionality for that.
> 
> Usage example: 'tpm: Issue a TPM2_Shutdown for TPM2 devices.'
> (see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9724919/ for v2).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Zimmerman <joshz@...gle.com>

Given that the tpm code is going to need this, I recommend someone take
it through that tree:

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Otherwise, if you want me to take it, I can, but I doubt you want it in
my driver-core tree as that will not get merged to Linus until 4.13-rc1.

thanks,

greg k-h