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Subject: Re: tpm: clean up error checking in setup_ring()
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
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Cc: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
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=E2=80=A6
>> Dan Carpenter provided also some hints.
>=20
> There's no problem with this. I sanity checked the commit because I
> did not (and do not) understand what you wrote,

Is there a need to clarify remaining communication difficulties any furthe=
r?


>                                                 and started to
> check up on things because of that email.=E2=80=A6

Thanks.

Regards,
Markus