Re: [PATCH] tpm: drop chip->is_open and chip->duration_adjusted

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 03:44:58PM -0800, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Use atomic bitops for chip->flags so that we do not need chip->is_open
> and chip->duration_adjusted anymore.

I don't know if it s a really great idea to use atomic bit ops for
things that do not need to be atomic.. It makes the locking scheme
less clear. is open is genuinely different since it relies on the
atomic for correctness.

Merging is_duration makes lots of sense though

Jason