linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] of: dts: enable memory@0 quirk for PPC32 only

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Message-ID: <20140423172523.GM5904@bivouac.eciton.net>
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:25:23 +0100
From:	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linaro Patches <patches@...aro.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] of: dts: enable memory@0 quirk for PPC32 only

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 02:15:08PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote:
> > The reason for me doing that is because we (including you) agreed at
> > the discussion held during LCU13 that this was the safest way of
> > preventing "mischief" like userland trying to read information from
> > /proc/device-tree...
> 
> I'm not the most consistent of people. I often change my mind and then
> have no recollection of ever thinking differently.

And that is fine, but you were not the only person agreeing.

> Userland reading from /proc/device-tree isn't so much a problem, but
> kernel drivers doing it might be.
> 
> But, regardless of whether or not the stub clears out the memory
> nodes, it is still I think good practice for the kernel to make the
> decision to ignore memory nodes, and not rely on them being cleared
> correctly.

I also remember you saying that relaxing restrictions later on is a lot
easier than tightening them. On that basis, can we please get the UEFI
set merged before we start redefining the stub/kernel protocol which was
agreed at LCU (November last year) after spending a month or two trying
to get sufficient number of interested parties in the same room?

/
	Leif
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