Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] tpm: in tpm2_del_space check if ops pointer is still valid
From: Lino Sanfilippo <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-03 14:24:41
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Hi, On 03.02.21 02:17, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 11:09:03PM +0100, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:quoted
From: Lino Sanfilippo <redacted> In tpm2_del_space() the sessions are flushed by means of the tpm_chip operations. However the concerning operations pointer my already be NULL at~~ may What is "concerniog operations"? Unfamiliar term. Maybe just consistently se chip->ops? Now you have also "tpm_chip operations" and chip->ops, in addition to "concerning operations" in one paragraph commit message.
'concerning' referred to 'operations pointer'. But yes, using multiple times a different term for the same thing is quite confusing. I will fix this.
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this time in case that the chip has been unregistered (see tpm_chip_unregister() which calls tpm_del_char_device() which sets chip->ops to NULL). Before accessing chip->ops check if it is still valid. Skip flushing the sessions in this case. Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <redacted>Instead of cross referencing please describe the scenario (i.e. the sequence of operations) of failure. Fixes tag is also missing.
Right, will add it. Thanks, Lino