linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] tpm: block messages while suspended

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:38:36 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Cc:     Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Andrey Pronin <apronin@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Duncan Laurie <dlaurie@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] tpm: block messages while suspended

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 11:13:13AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Jarkko Sakkinen (2019-06-14 08:27:00)
> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 11:09:24AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/tpm.h b/include/linux/tpm.h
> > > index 1b5436b213a2..48df005228d0 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/tpm.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/tpm.h
> > > @@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ struct tpm_chip {
> > >       int dev_num;            /* /dev/tpm# */
> > >       unsigned long is_open;  /* only one allowed */
> > >  
> > > +     unsigned long is_suspended;
> > > +
> > >       char hwrng_name[64];
> > >       struct hwrng hwrng;
> > 
> > I think it would better idea to have a bitmask of some sort that
> > would have bits for 'open' and 'suspended'.
> > 
> 
> Sure. I can combine is_open and is_suspended into some sort of 'unsigned
> long flags' member and then have #define TPM_IS_OPEN 0 and #define
> TPM_IS_SUSPENDED 1 defines?

Sounds sustainable.

/Jarkko