[RFC PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: tpm: Add linux,sml-log to ibm,vtpm.yaml

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM EET, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 09:20:29AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > Add linux,sml-log, which carries the firmware TPM log in a uint8-array, to
> > the properties. Either this property is required or both linux,sml-base and
> > linux,sml-size are required. Add a test case for verification.
> > 
> > Fixes: 82003e0487fb ("Documentation: tpm: add the IBM Virtual TPM device tree binding documentation")
>
> The Fixes tag is confusing.  The patch won't even apply cleanly to the
> v4.10 commit referenced here as the conversion to yaml happened only
> recently with v6.8.
>
> Why is the Fixes tag necessary in the first place?  Same question for
> the other patches in the series.  This looks like feature work rather
> than a fix.  Not sure whether it satisfies the "obviously correct"
> rule per Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.

I'm not yet sure whether these are bug fixes and or improvements because
I did not fully understand the scenario where TPM corrupts the event log
so that part reminds to be seen.

Probably once I fully understand what is going on, it is possible to
argue on that.

BR, Jarkko