On 6/5/24 9:03 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 07:31:10PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >>> +Modern devices contain extensive amounts of FW, and in many cases, are largely >>> +software defined pieces of hardware. The evolution of this approach is largely a >> >> software-defined > > Thanks a lot Randy, I picked up all your notes. > >>> +While the kernel can always directly parse and restrict RPCs, it is expected >>> +that the existing kernel pattern of allowing drivers to delegate validation to >>> +FW to be a useful design. >> >> (and one that can be abused...) > > I would really like to write a paragraph about this "abuse", Dan has > some good thoughts on this as well. Did you have a specific "abuse" > in your mind? No, I don't. It just seems very open (but ioctls are just as open). -- #Randy https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette https://subspace.kernel.org/etiquette.html
