linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] efi: Capsule update with user helper interface

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:42:13 +0100
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	"Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>,
	Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	"Ong, Boon Leong" <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] efi: Capsule update with user helper interface

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:47:54PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Mar, at 08:51:59AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > 
> > I'm not 100% happy with write(2) (which is all we have in sysfs) for
> > two reasons:
> > 
> > 1. If we write a file name, eww.  That's more complicated, requires
> > temporary files, has annoying mount namespace issues, etc.
> > 
> > 2. If we write the full contents, we need to do it in a single call to
> > write.  That means that we can't use cat, which mostly defeats the
> > purpose.  In fact, using cat could be actively harmful.
> 
> At this point I'd really like Greg to chime in.
> 
> In principal, I'm not stricly opposed to using a simple char device
> provided that it's not essentially a copy and paste of code from
> drivers/base/firmware_class.c.
> 
> Greg?

Yes, I don't want a character driver here for this if at all possible.
Just stick with the firmware download code, it's there and should work
"as-is" for your stuff.

thanks,

greg k-h
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