RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely

[Winkler, Tomas]

> On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 07:05:48AM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> 
> > > This patch is wrong, I though the comments were clear. All entry
> > > points to find the device must be deleted before we commit to shutting
> down the device.
> > >
> > > You need to figure out some other way to solve your problem.
> >
> > Please be more specific regarding flows you think will be wrong with
> > this patch, you must agree that the current code is broken even w/o
> > runtime pm.
> 
> No, I don't agree. Accessing dev->name is OK after the device_del.

But you cannot assume that just dev->name is accessed and and runtime_pm breaks this assumption.. 
>
> 
> What devicde_del does is fence off all sorts of ways to access the device, eg
> sysfs files, bus registrations, etc, etc. That absolutely must be done before
> calling tpm_suspend.


But tpm2_shutdown is acceded via tpm_chip , we cannot call device_del before, this is just wrong from the Linux device mode perspective, we have to use other means to close the access to the device.

Thanks
Tomas