On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 15:30 -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > Some subsystems that got a hold of a TPM chip through tpm_default_chip() > need a way to release the reference to the TPM chip when they shut down. > The tpm_put_chip() function enables this. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 10 ++++++++++ > include/linux/tpm.h | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c > index 46caadca916a..c744289d82e0 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c > @@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ void tpm_put_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_put_ops); > > +/** > + * tpm_put_chip() - Releae a ref to the tpm_chip > + * @chip: Chip to put > + */ > +void tpm_put_chip(struct tpm_chip *chip) > +{ > + put_device(&chip->dev); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_put_chip); > + > /** > * tpm_default_chip() - find a TPM chip and get a reference to it > */ > diff --git a/include/linux/tpm.h b/include/linux/tpm.h > index e0e51c49a0e6..889dafe739e1 100644 > --- a/include/linux/tpm.h > +++ b/include/linux/tpm.h > @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ extern int tpm_unseal_trusted(struct tpm_chip *chip, > struct trusted_key_payload *payload, > struct trusted_key_options *options); > extern struct tpm_chip *tpm_default_chip(void); > +extern void tpm_put_chip(struct tpm_chip *chip); > #else > static inline int tpm_is_tpm2(struct tpm_chip *chip) > { > @@ -101,5 +102,8 @@ static inline struct tpm_chip *tpm_default_chip(void) > { > return NULL; > } > +static inline void tpm_put_chip(struct tpm_chip *chip) > +{ > +} > #endif > #endif Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /Jarkko