linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] firmware: google: memconsole: Escape unprintable characters

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Date:   Tue, 2 May 2017 15:16:06 -0700
From:   Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thierry Escande <thierry.escande@...labora.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...omium.org>,
        Aaron Durbin <adurbin@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] firmware: google: memconsole: Escape unprintable characters

> Binary sysfs files are supposed to be "pass through" only, the kernel
> should not be touching the data at all, it's up to userspace to do what
> it wants to do with things.  So don't escape anything at all, that's not
> the kernel's job here.

Okay, I'll drop this patch.