linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tpm: add support for partial reads

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Message-ID: <ccf11437-d989-ad8c-b499-8a3e753ab55c@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:49:55 -0800
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 v2] tpm: add support for partial reads

Hi Jarkko,
On 11/5/18 5:39 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>> Changes in v2:
>>  - Allow writes after only partial response is consumed to maintain
>>    backwords compatibility.
> I do not understand what this bullet means. Do you deny writes somehow?

No I don't. This comment was wrt the first version, which didn't allow
writes unless the full response was consumed.
In this version things work exactly as before, i.e. a next message
can be send even if only a part of the previous response is consumed.
Thanks,
-- 
Tadeusz