Re: [PATCH 02/12] fpga: sec-mgr: enable secure updates

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On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 07:31:50PM -0700, Moritz Fischer wrote:
> From: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Extend the FPGA Security Manager class driver to
> include an update/filename sysfs node that can be used
> to initiate a secure update.  The filename of a secure
> update file (BMC image, FPGA image, Root Entry Hash image,
> or Code Signing Key cancellation image) can be written to
> this sysfs entry to cause a secure update to occur.

Why is userspace responsible for triggering this?  Passing a "filename"
into the kernel and having it do something with it is ripe for major
problems, please do not.




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