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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/2] tpm: Refactor tpm_transmit pulling out tpm_transfer function
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On 05/15/2017 08:40 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 07:54:21PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
>> Refactor tpm_transmit and pull out code sending the command
>> and receiving the response and put this into tpm_transfer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>> 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
>> index 158c1db..263b6d1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
>> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
>> @@ -370,67 +370,29 @@ static bool tpm_validate_command(struct tpm_chip *chip,
>> }
>>
>> /**
>> - * tmp_transmit - Internal kernel interface to transmit TPM commands.
>> + * tmp_transfer - Send a TPM command to the TPM and receive response
>> *
>> * @chip: TPM chip to use
>> * @buf: TPM command buffer
>> + * @count: size of the TPM command
>> * @bufsiz: length of the TPM command buffer
>> - * @flags: tpm transmit flags - bitmap
>> *
>> * Return:
>> - * 0 when the operation is successful.
>> + * >0 when the operation is successful; returns response length
>> * A negative number for system errors (errno).
>> */
>> -ssize_t tpm_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
>> - u8 *buf, size_t bufsiz, unsigned int flags)
>> +ssize_t tpm_transfer(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, u32 count, size_t bufsiz)
> Add instead a flag TPM_TRANSMIT_RAW (this name is just a suggestion)
> that skips "prepare" and "commit" parts. That would save us from a
> new export.
>
> Better way to make it less messy would be to add static functions
> tpm_prepare_command and tpm_commit_command that would be always
> called and would return immediately if flags contain TPM_TRANSMIT_RAW.

I'll do that then, modifying the code to skip tpm_validate_command as well.

Stefan

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> /Jarkko
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