Re: [GIT PULL] tpmdd updates for v5.12-rc1

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Jan 28 2021 - 22:39:26 EST


On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 4:54 PM Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This contains bug fixes for tpm_tis driver, which had a racy wait for
> hardware state change to be ready to send a command to the TPM chip. The
> bug has existed already since 2006, but has only made itself known in
> recent past.

Hmm. Is this for the next merge window? The subject line implies that,
as does the addition of the cr50 driver.

But the commentary about fixes implies that at least part of it should
be in 5.11?

Linus