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DateTue, 23 Sep 2008 15:01:29 -0600
FromJonathan Corbet <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4][resubmit] TPM: rcu locking
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:19:33 -0300
Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Protects tpm_chip_list when transversing it.

It all looks like it should work (though it might make sense to include
<linux/rcupdate.h> and <linux/rculist.h>. But I have to ask: do you
really need the added complexity of RCU here? I suspect that TPM
devices don't come and go very often...once most of us have ripped it
out, we tend to leave it out...:)

jon


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