On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:50:23PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > A throw once master enable switch to protect against any > further overlay applications if the administrator desires so. > > A kernel command line option is provided as well. > > Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/of/overlay.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c > index 12c3e47..91f10ed 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/overlay.c > +++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ > #include <linux/err.h> > #include <linux/idr.h> > #include <linux/sysfs.h> > +#include <linux/atomic.h> > > #include "of_private.h" > > @@ -55,8 +56,19 @@ struct of_overlay { > struct kobject kobj; > }; > > +/* master enable switch; once set to 0 can't be re-enabled */ > +static atomic_t ov_enable = ATOMIC_INIT(1); > + > +static int __init of_overlay_disable_setup(char *str __always_unused) > +{ > + atomic_set(&ov_enable, 0); > + return 1; > +} > +__setup("of_overlay_disable", of_overlay_disable_setup); > + > static int of_overlay_apply_one(struct of_overlay *ov, > struct device_node *target, const struct device_node *overlay); > +static int overlay_removal_is_ok(struct of_overlay *ov); > > static int of_overlay_apply_single_property(struct of_overlay *ov, > struct device_node *target, struct property *prop) > @@ -339,6 +351,35 @@ void of_overlay_release(struct kobject *kobj) > kfree(ov); > } > > +static ssize_t enable_show(struct kobject *kobj, > + struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf) > +{ > + return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", atomic_read(&ov_enable)); Minor nit, you never need to care about the size of the buffer for a sysfs file, if you do, you are doing something wrong. So this can just be: return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", atomic_read(&ov_enable)); Anyway, nothing worth keeping this from being merged: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html