linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm: add support for partial reads

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:53:14 -0700
From:   Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     jgg@...pe.ca, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: add support for partial reads

On 07/23/2018 01:19 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> In this case I do not have any major evidence of any major benefit *and*
> the change breaks the ABI.

As I said before - this does not break the ABI.
As for the benefits - it help user space in how they implement the receive
path. Application does not need to provide a 4K buffer for every read even
if the response is, for instance 8 bytes long.
Thanks,
-- 
Tadeusz