linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pstore: Create a convenient mount point for pstore

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jKLru4Vq1ZCcubT5=hucT0TxpJ0VZ88MkiJ=g5sJ4u_vg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:15:13 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, kay@...hat.com,
	lpoetter@...hat.com, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pstore: Create a convenient mount point for pstore

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com> wrote:
> Using /dev/pstore as a mount point for the pstore filesystem is slightly
> awkward.  We don't normally mount filesystems in /dev/ and the /dev/pstore
> file isn't created automatically by anything.  While this method will
> still work, we can create a persistent mount point in sysfs.  This will
> put pstore on par with things like cgroups and efivarfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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