linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 00/16] Remove nested TPM operations

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Message-ID: <20190208111442.GA11755@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 8 Feb 2019 13:14:42 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Alexander Steffen <Alexander.Steffen@...ineon.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Huewe <PeterHuewe@....de>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 00/16] Remove nested TPM operations

On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 08:51:15PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > > +    rc = 0;
> > >       if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ)
> > >           goto out_recv;
> > What why?
> 
> 
> This fix seems to only be necessary when bisecting. You may want to apply
> it!

I don't want to apply it because I don't understand why it would
be needed. Can you give a short explanation?

/Jarkko