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

From Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely
Date 2016-10-03 18:10 +0200
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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.

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.

Jason

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[PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-02 09:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-02 12:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-02 12:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-02 23:30 +0200
        RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-03 09:10 +0200
          RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-03 09:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-03 14:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-03 18:10 +0200
                RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-03 19:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-03 14:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-04 07:30 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-04 18:50 +0200
                RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-05 00:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-05 01:20 +0200
                RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-05 09:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-05 17:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-05 18:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-05 19:20 +0200
                RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-05 22:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-05 23:20 +0200
                RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-06 02:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-06 04:10 +0200
                RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-07 16:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-07 21:20 +0200
                RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-07 22:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-08 12:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-05 12:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-05 18:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-06 13:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-06 18:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-06 18:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-05 12:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-03 18:10 +0200
            RE: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel.com> - 2016-10-03 19:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] tpm: don't destroy chip device prematurely Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-10-03 19:40 +0200

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