linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] tpm: ibmvtpm: Rename tpm_process_cmd to tpm

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Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:15:14 -0400
From:   Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, nasastry@...ibm.com,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>,
        George Wilson <gcwilson@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] tpm: ibmvtpm: Rename tpm_process_cmd to tpm_status
 and define flag


On 8/10/21 10:10 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 09:50:55PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
>> On 8/10/21 1:58 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>>> On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 03:21:59PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
>>>> From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
>>>>
>>>> Rename the field tpm_processing_cmd to tpm_status in ibmvtpm_dev and set
>>>> the TPM_STATUS_BUSY flag while the vTPM is busy processing a command.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    		default:
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
>>>> index 51198b137461..252f1cccdfc5 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
>>>> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
>>>> @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ struct ibmvtpm_dev {
>>>>    	wait_queue_head_t wq;
>>>>    	u16 res_len;
>>>>    	u32 vtpm_version;
>>>> -	u8 tpm_processing_cmd;
>>>> +	u8 tpm_status;
>>>> +#define TPM_STATUS_BUSY		(1 << 0) /* vtpm is processing a command */
>>> Declare this already in the fix, and just leave the rename here.
>> You mean the fix patch does not use 'true' anymore but uses the
>> TPM_STATUS_BUSY flag already but the name is still tpm_processing_cmd? And
>> literally only the renaming of this field is done in the 2nd patch?
> I can fixup these patches, and use '1', instead of true. No need to send
> new ones.
>
> Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>

THANKS!

   Stefan

>
> /Jarkko