Remove all comments about implicit locking tpm-sysfs.c as the file was
updated in Linux v5.1 to use explicit locking.
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Forgot tpm-sysfs.c changes to my staging area :-/
drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 7 ++-----
drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c | 7 -------
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
index bf868260f435..9311f88afbb4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
@@ -287,12 +287,9 @@ static void tpm_devs_release(struct device *dev)
* @dev: device to which the chip is associated.
*
* Issues a TPM2_Shutdown command prior to loss of power, as required by the
- * TPM 2.0 spec.
- * Then, calls bus- and device- specific shutdown code.
+ * TPM 2.0 spec. Then, calls bus- and device- specific shutdown code.
*
- * XXX: This codepath relies on the fact that sysfs is not enabled for
- * TPM2: sysfs uses an implicit lock on chip->ops, so this could race if TPM2
- * has sysfs support enabled before TPM sysfs's implicit locking is fixed.
+ * Return: always 0 (i.e. success)
*/
static int tpm_class_shutdown(struct device *dev)
{
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c
index d9caedda075b..edfa89160010 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c
@@ -329,16 +329,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group tpm_dev_group = {
void tpm_sysfs_add_device(struct tpm_chip *chip)
{
- /* XXX: If you wish to remove this restriction, you must first update
- * tpm_sysfs to explicitly lock chip->ops.
- */
if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
return;
- /* The sysfs routines rely on an implicit tpm_try_get_ops, device_del
- * is called before ops is null'd and the sysfs core synchronizes this
- * removal so that no callbacks are running or can run again
- */
WARN_ON(chip->groups_cnt != 0);
chip->groups[chip->groups_cnt++] = &tpm_dev_group;
}
--
2.20.1
