RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] add tpm_xenu.ko: Xen Virtual TPM frontenddriver

From: Fioravante, Matthew E.
Date: Thu Nov 08 2012 - 10:37:40 EST




-----Original Message-----
From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kent Yoder
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 10:29 AM
To: Jan Beulich
Cc: Fioravante, Matthew E.; jeremy@xxxxxxxx; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mail@xxxxxxxxxx; tpmdd-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] add tpm_xenu.ko: Xen Virtual TPM frontend driver

On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 08:17:32AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 07.11.12 at 19:14, Matthew Fioravante <matthew.fioravante@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 11/07/2012 09:46 AM, Kent Yoder wrote:
> >>> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> >>> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> >>> @@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ struct tpm_chip {
> >>>
> >>> struct list_head list;
> >>> void (*release) (struct device *);
> >>> +#if CONFIG_XEN
> >>> + void *priv;
> >>> +#endif
> >> Can you use the chip->vendor.data pointer here instead?
> >> tpm_ibmvtpm is already using that as a priv pointer. I should
> >> probably change that name to make it more obvious what that's used for.
> > That makes more sense. I'm guessing your data pointer didn't exist
> > during the 2.6.18 kernel which is why they added their own priv pointer.
>
> It got introduced with 3.7-rc.
>
> >>> @@ -310,6 +313,18 @@ struct tpm_cmd_t {
> >>>
> >>> ssize_t tpm_getcap(struct device *, __be32, cap_t *, const char *);
> >>>
> >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
> >>> +static inline void *chip_get_private(const struct tpm_chip *chip)
> >>> +{
> >>> + return chip->priv;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static inline void chip_set_private(struct tpm_chip *chip, void
> >>> +*priv) {
> >>> + chip->priv = priv;
> >>> +}
> >>> +#endif
> >> Can you put these in tpm_vtpm.c please? One less #define. :-)
> > Agreed, I'd rather not have to modify your shared tpm.h interface at all.
>
> Either such accessors should be defined here, for everyone to use (and
> tpm_ibmvtpm.c get changed accordingly), or the Xen code should access
> the field without wrappers too (for consistency).

Agreed. I'll update tpm_ibmvtpm.

Kent

So what is the consensus, you're going to use accessors in ibmvtpm? I was just about to remove them from my side.

>
> Jan
>


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/