Re: [PATCH] tpm: add support for partial reads

From: Tadeusz Struk
Date: Mon Jul 23 2018 - 18:00:25 EST


On 07/23/2018 02:56 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> The proposed patch doesn't clear the data_pending if the entire buffer
> is not consumed, so of course it is ABI breaking, that really isn't OK.

The data_pending will be cleared by the timeout handler if the user doesn't
read the response fully before the timeout expires. The is the same situation
if the user would not read the response at all.
Thanks,
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Tadeusz