linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND 2/2] tpm: add support for nonblocking operation

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Message-ID: <1064594c-3a3f-4d2a-5d94-e8314b330292@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Aug 2018 17:09:01 -0700
From:   Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
To:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     flihp@...bit.us, jgg@...pe.ca, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND 2/2] tpm: add support for nonblocking operation

On 08/06/2018 04:05 PM, James Bottomley wrote:
> For an async interface, shouldn't I be able to queue an
> arbitrary number of commands without blocking?

That was the approach in the v1 version of this patch, but
Jason requested this to be changed so that only one command
at a time can be processed.
Thanks,
-- 
Tadeusz