[PATCH] tpm: Move Linux RNG connection to hwrng

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 01:37:07PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 08:58:17PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 08:15:09PM +0530, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote:
> > > > +       if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_TPM))
> > > > +               return 0;
> > > 
> > > Can #ifndef CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_TPM be used instead? That way an if
> > > condition can be avoided.
> > 
> > Nope. There is no reason to avoid the if-condition. Compiler will take
> > care of it. IS_ENABLED() macro is available just for the purpose Jason
> > is using it.
> > 
> > > > +       char tpm_hwrng_name[64];
> > > > +       struct hwrng tpm_hwrng;
> > > > +
> > > 
> > > Can this also be put inside the #ifdef?
> > 
> > Yes. It should be inside #ifdef.
> 
> Then we need #idefs in the .c code, IS_ENABLED is not enough :\ I
> don't think the few bytes matters enough to bother.
> 
> Jason

I'll buy that!

A minor tidbit: could the tpm_ prefix removed from those fields?

/Jarkko
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