Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] tpm_tis: Clean up the force=1 module parameter

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Tue Dec 01 2015 - 14:34:11 EST


Hello,

On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 11:58:29AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> The TPM core has long assumed that every device has a driver attached,
> however commit b8b2c7d845d5 ("base/platform: assert that dev_pm_domain
> callbacks are called unconditionally") breaks that assumption.

you asked for an alternative wording here. What about:

The TPM core has long assumed that every device has a driver
attached, which is not valid. This was noticed with commit
b8b2c7d845d5 ("base/platform: assert that dev_pm_domain
callbacks are called unconditionally") which made probing of the
tpm_tis device fail by mistake and resulted in an oops later on.

?

> Rework the TPM setup to create a platform device with resources and
> then allow the driver core to naturally bind and probe it through the
> normal mechanisms. All this structure is needed anyhow to enable TPM
> for OF environments.
>
> Finally, since the entire flow is changing convert the init/exit to use
> the modern ifdef-less coding style when possible
>
> Reported-by: "Wilck, Martin" <martin.wilck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Uwe

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