Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Aug 2018 21:43:31 +0300 | From | Jarkko Sakkinen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] tpm: add ptr to the tpm_space struct to file_priv |
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On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 11:05:17AM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote: > On 08/10/2018 10:27 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 01:27:44PM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote: > >> Add a ptr to struct tpm_space to the file_priv to have an easy > >> access to it in the async job without the need to allocate memory. > >> This also allows to consolidate of the write operations for > >> the two interfaces. > > > > I think the 2nd premise should be the priority and the first premise should > > be removed as it is not needed in any possible way to justify the > > change. > > Jarkko, > The main reason why the pointer to tpm_space struct was added to the > file_priv was to have access to space in the async job when it is enqueued > via the /dev/tpm<N> interface. Currently it is only available in tpmrm_priv. > Otherwise I would need to introduce yet another struct what would consist of > a ptr file_priv and a ptr to tpm_space and allocate it on every enqueue. > Much easier was to to it this way. The consolidation was only a side effect > of this so I think the description is correct. > Thanks, > -- > Tadeusz
The less dependencies a commit has more easy it is for me pick up. Here the consodilation is enough to accept the commit but with the current commit message I cannot apply it without accepting the whole patch set.
/Jarkko
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