[PATCH v5] tpm: add support for partial reads

Tadeusz Struk tadeusz.struk at intel.com
Tue Nov 20 18:36:14 UTC 2018


On 11/20/18 4:48 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>> +	/* Holds the resul of the last successful call to tpm_transmit() */
> This comment is cruft.

Do you want me to remove it? This is the comment you proposed.

> 
>> +	size_t response_length;
> data_pending would be now perfectly fine name now that we concluded
> that the original length is not needed to be stored. Better than this
> as once you decrease it the variable name and contents mismatch.
> 

Can we finally agree on something? We have changed three times already.
response_length is exactly what it is and data_pending is a bit vague.

>> +	/* Becomes true when the response (or part of it) is consumed */
>> +	bool response_read;
> /* Tell whether response been consumed (read at least once). */
> 
Ok I'll update the comment.

-- 
Tadeusz



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