Re: [PATCH v5] tpm: add support for partial reads

From: Tadeusz Struk
Date: Tue Nov 20 2018 - 13:36:17 EST


On 11/20/18 4:48 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>> + /* Holds the resul of the last successful call to tpm_transmit() */
> This comment is cruft.

Do you want me to remove it? This is the comment you proposed.

>
>> + size_t response_length;
> data_pending would be now perfectly fine name now that we concluded
> that the original length is not needed to be stored. Better than this
> as once you decrease it the variable name and contents mismatch.
>

Can we finally agree on something? We have changed three times already.
response_length is exactly what it is and data_pending is a bit vague.

>> + /* Becomes true when the response (or part of it) is consumed */
>> + bool response_read;
> /* Tell whether response been consumed (read at least once). */
>
Ok I'll update the comment.

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Tadeusz