linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 11/16] tpm: remove @space from tpm

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Date:   Tue, 6 Nov 2018 10:25:52 -0500
From:   Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/16] tpm: remove @space from tpm_transmit()

On 11/4/18 8:45 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Remove @space from tpm_transmit() API` in order to completely remove the
> bound between low-level transmission functionality and TPM spaces. The
> only real dependency existing is the amount of data saved before trying
> to send a command to the TPM.
>
> It doesn't really matter if we save always a bit more than needed so
> this commit changes the amount saved always to be the size of the TPM
> header and three handles.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>


This patch only removes a dead parameter from API calls:

Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>