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Date:   Fri, 8 Feb 2019 13:14:42 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 00/16] Remove nested TPM operations
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On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 08:51:15PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > > +??? rc = 0;
> > >  ???? if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ)
> > >  ???? ??? goto out_recv;
> > What why?
> 
> 
> This fix seems to only be necessary when bisecting. You may want to apply
> it!

I don't want to apply it because I don't understand why it would
be needed. Can you give a short explanation?

/Jarkko