linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] tpm: Implement tpm_chip_find() and tpm_chip

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Message-ID: <20180621171518.GI11859@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:15:18 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        jgg@...pe.ca, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] tpm: Implement tpm_chip_find() and tpm_chip_put()
 for other subsystems

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 04:42:33PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Implement tpm_chip_find() for other subsystems to find a TPM chip and
> get a reference to that chip. Once done with using the chip, the reference
> is released using tpm_chip_put().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

You should sort this out in a way that we don't end up with duplicate
functions.

/Jarkko