linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 15/21] xen/tpmfront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown

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Date:   Wed, 18 May 2022 17:57:07 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 15/21] xen/tpmfront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and
 xenbus_teardown_ring()

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 11:41:51AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 07.05.22 00:32, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 10:16:34AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > > Simplify tpmfront's ring creation and removal via xenbus_setup_ring()
> > > and xenbus_teardown_ring().
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> > 
> > Please add to the commit message why these provide an equivalent
> > functionality.
> 
> Would you be fine with:
> 
>   Simplify tpmfront's ring creation and removal via xenbus_setup_ring()
>   and xenbus_teardown_ring(), which are provided exactly for the use
>   pattern as seen in this driver.
> 
> 
> Juergen

Looks fine to me!

BR, Jarkko