Re: [PATCH v2] KEYS: trusted: fix use as module when CONFIG_TCG_TPM=m

[Ahmad Fatoum]

On 28.07.21 23:52, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 06:24:49AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> On 27.07.21 05:04, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>>>> Reported-by: Andreas Rammhold <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Fixes: 5d0682be3189 ("KEYS: trusted: Add generic trusted keys framework")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Is it absolutely need to do all this *just* to fix the bug?
>>>
>>> For a pure bug fix the most essential thing is to be able the backport
>>> it to stable kernels.
>>
>> Not much happened in-between, so a backport should be trivial.
>> I can provide these if needed.
> 
> "not much" is not good enough. It should be "not anything".

"Not much" [code that could conflict was added in-between].

I just checked and it applies cleanly on v5.13. On the off chance
that this patch conflicts with another stable backport by the time
it's backported, I'll get a friendly automated email and send out
a rebased patch.

Cheers,
Ahmad


> 
> /Jarkko
> 


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