Re: [PATCH 1/4] tpm: fix access attempt to an already unmapped I/O memory region

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

On 12/21/2017 04:39 PM, Shaikh, Azhar wrote:
> HI Javier,
> 
> 
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>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] tpm: fix access attempt to an already unmapped I/O
>> memory region
>>
>> Hello Azhar,
>>
>> On 12/20/2017 08:15 PM, Shaikh, Azhar wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; James Ettle <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>>>> Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>; Shaikh, Azhar
>>>> <azhar.shaikh@xxxxxxxxx>; Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>; Jarkko
>>>> Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Peter Huewe
>>>> <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>; Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>>>> linux- integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] tpm: fix access attempt to an already
>>>> unmapped I/O memory region
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 07:21:31PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> The below draft fixes everything except #1. That needs a more
>>>>>> thoughtful idea..
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll just drop this patch from the series and you can fix all the
>>>>> issues in the error / driver removal paths. It's not a dependency
>>>>> anyways, I included it just because noticed the issue while reading the
>> code.
>>>>
>>>> Azhar, this means it becomes your problem :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sure, I will fix this.
>>> Javier you can drop this patch.
>>>
>>
>> On a second though, we should just merge $SUBJECT since is an obvious fix
>> for one of the issues. Then you could fix the remaining bugs in error and
>> driver removal paths.
> 
> I think you are asking to keep this patch as a part of this series, itself and not upload separately. Is this correct? Please correct me if I am wrong.
>

Yes, what I meant is that we should just keep this patch in the series since
it fixes one of the resource cleanup bugs. Then you can fix the other issues
as a follow-up.

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Software Engineer - Desktop Hardware Enablement
Red Hat