linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] tpm: fix access attempt to an already unmapped I/O memory region

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Date:   Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:53:49 +0100
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     "Shaikh, Azhar" <azhar.shaikh@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Cc:     "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 1/4] tpm: fix access attempt to an already unmapped I/O
 memory region

On 12/21/2017 04:39 PM, Shaikh, Azhar wrote:
> HI Javier,
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-integrity-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-integrity-
>> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Javier Martinez Canillas
>> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 4:49 AM
>> To: Shaikh, Azhar <azhar.shaikh@...el.com>; Jason Gunthorpe
>> <jgg@...pe.ca>
>> Cc: 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
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] tpm: fix access attempt to an already unmapped I/O
>> memory region
>>
>> Hello Azhar,
>>
>> On 12/20/2017 08:15 PM, Shaikh, Azhar wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:jgg@...pe.ca]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 10:55 AM
>>>> To: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
>>>> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; James Ettle <james@...le.org.uk>;
>>>> Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>; Shaikh, Azhar
>>>> <azhar.shaikh@...el.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
>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] tpm: fix access attempt to an already
>>>> unmapped I/O memory region
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 07:21:31PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> The below draft fixes everything except #1. That needs a more
>>>>>> thoughtful idea..
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll just drop this patch from the series and you can fix all the
>>>>> issues in the error / driver removal paths. It's not a dependency
>>>>> anyways, I included it just because noticed the issue while reading the
>> code.
>>>>
>>>> Azhar, this means it becomes your problem :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sure, I will fix this.
>>> Javier you can drop this patch.
>>>
>>
>> On a second though, we should just merge $SUBJECT since is an obvious fix
>> for one of the issues. Then you could fix the remaining bugs in error and
>> driver removal paths.
> 
> I think you are asking to keep this patch as a part of this series, itself and not upload separately. Is this correct? Please correct me if I am wrong.
>

Yes, what I meant is that we should just keep this patch in the series since
it fixes one of the resource cleanup bugs. Then you can fix the other issues
as a follow-up.

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Software Engineer - Desktop Hardware Enablement
Red Hat