Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 3 authors, 2017-10-26

[PATCH v2] tpm: use struct tpm_chip for tpm_chip_find_get()

From: Jarkko Sakkinen <hidden>
Date: 2017-10-26 10:54:48
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 02:17:44PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:07:46PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
quoted
The id has a nice feature that it is unique for one boot cycle you can
even try to get a chip that has been deleted. It has the most stable
properties in the long run.
It isn't unique, we can re-use ids them via idr_alloc(). We should
never use index inside the kernel.
quoted
Address is a reusable identifier in one boot cycle.
It is invalid to pass in a chip for which the caller does not hold a
kref, so address is the safest argument.

Jason
I'll buy this too (sending update today).

/Jarkko
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