linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] usb: configfs: allow UDC binding rule configured as binding to *any* UDC

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 04 May 2016 10:14:46 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Opasiak <k.opasiak@...sung.com>
To:	changbin.du@...el.com, balbi@...nel.org
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, corbet@....net,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Du, Changbin" <changbin.du@...il.com>, Du@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] usb: configfs: allow UDC binding rule configured as
 binding to *any* UDC

On 05/03/2016 05:04 AM, changbin.du@...el.com wrote:
> From: "Du, Changbin" <changbin.du@...il.com>
> 
> On most platforms, there is only one device controller available.
> In this case, we desn't care the UDC's name. So let's ignore the
> name by setting 'UDC' to 'any'.

Hmm libubsgx allows to do this for a very long time. You simply pass
NULL instead of pointer to usbg_udc.

It is also possible to do this from command line, just simply:

$ echo `ls -1 /sys/class/udc | head -n 1` > UDC

So if we can easily do this from user space what's the benefit of adding
this special "any" keyword to kernel?

> And also we can change UDC name
> at any time if it is not binded (no need set to "" first).
> 

Not sure if:

$ echo "" > UDC

is really a problem. Personally I'm quite used to situation in which I
have to turn the light off before turning it on once again;)

Cheers,
-- 
Krzysztof Opasiak
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics