Re: [PATCH 2/4] fs: define a firmware security filesystem named fwsecurityfs

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On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:58:56AM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-11-23 at 13:57 -0500, Nayna wrote:
> > 
> > Given there are no other exploiters for fwsecurityfs and there should
> > be 
> > no platform-specific fs, would modifying sysfs now to let userspace 
> > create files cleanly be the way forward? Or, if we should strongly 
> > consider securityfs, which would result in updating securityfs to
> > allow 
> > userspace creation of files and then expose variables via a more 
> > platform-specific directory /sys/kernel/security/pks? We want to pick
> > the best available option and would find some hints on direction
> > helpful 
> > before we develop the next patch.
> 
> Ping - it would be helpful for us to know your thoughts on this.

sysfs is not for userspace creation of files, you all know this :)

greg k-h



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