linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] tpm: delete the TPM_TIS_CLK

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Message-ID: <20171220181005.GC22908@ziepe.ca>
Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:10:05 -0700
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     "Shaikh, Azhar" <azhar.shaikh@...el.com>
Cc:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        James Ettle <james@...le.org.uk>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org" <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] tpm: delete the TPM_TIS_CLK_ENABLE flag

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 03:19:19PM +0000, Shaikh, Azhar wrote:
> >This flag is only used to warn if CLKRUN_EN wasn't disabled on Braswell
> >systems, but the only way this can happen is if the code is not correct.
> >
> >So it's an unnecessary check that just makes the code harder to read.
> 
> This code was implemented as a suggestion from Jason on the previous patches. 
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-integrity/msg00827.html

The concept was to be like ASSERT_RTNL, maybe it just needs a suitably
named static inline to addrress Javier's readability concerns?

Jason