linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 2/7] tpm: tpm_tis: Fix expected bit handling and send all bytes in one shot without last byte in exception

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Date:   Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:59:52 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@....fi>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 2/7] tpm: tpm_tis: Fix expected bit handling and
 send all  bytes in one shot without last byte in exception

On Thu, 2021-08-26 at 14:19 +0300, amirmizi6@...il.com wrote:
> From: Amir Mizinski <amirmizi6@...il.com>
> 
> Detected the following incorrect implementation of the send command:
> polling on the TPM_STS.stsValid field followed by checking the
> TPM_STS.expect field only once.

Umh, what?

Can you be a bit more verbose what is the incorrect behaviour?
I'm sorry but I simply cannot decipher that sentence.

/Jarkko