Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tpm: ibmvtpm: Rename tpm_process_cmd to tpm_status and define flag

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Mon Aug 09 2021 - 00:28:00 EST


On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 08:08:27AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
>
> On 8/6/21 7:25 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 05:52:55PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > > From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Rename the field tpm_processing_cmd to tpm_status in ibmvtpm_dev and set
> > > the TPM_STATUS_BUSY flag while the vTPM is busy processing a command.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 6674ff145eef ("tpm_ibmvtpm: properly handle interrupted packet receptions")
> > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Nayna Jain <nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: George Wilson <gcwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Please put the bug fix first because otherwise it will be dependent of this
> > patch, which is bad thing when it comes to backporting.
>
> Yes, and that's why I have this one here also with a Fix tag. I basically
> don't want to logically '&' with the 'true' flag but want this
> TPM_STATUS_BUSY flag first.
>
>    Stefan

You can then just change the type to 'u8'.

/Jarkko