Re: [PATCH] tpm: add support for nonblocking operation

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On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 09:55:52AM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
> On 06/01/2018 07:37 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >> +struct tpm_dev_work {
> >> +	struct work_struct work;
> >> +	struct file_priv *priv;
> >> +	struct tpm_space *space;
> >> +	ssize_t resp_size;
> >> +	bool nonblocking;
> >> +};
> > There can only be one operation going at once, so why not put this in
> > the file_priv? Which might be needed because..
> 
> I need the *space as well, which doesn't really belong to file_priv
> that's why I added this new struct. You are right the file_priv
> isn't really needed here. I used it to have the priv->data_pending
> but I can have just a ptr to data_pending in tpm_dev_work.

I mean in the sense that each file_priv can have exactly one async
work outstanding, so you can just add this struct to file_priv instead
of allocing it everytime..

Jason



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