linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Notify userspace when boot

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Message-ID: <20180620131701.GP2558@lahna.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:17:01 +0300
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@...il.com>,
        Christian Kellner <christian@...lner.me>,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>,
        Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Notify userspace when boot_acl is changed

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 05:44:04PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> The commit 9aaa3b8b4c56 ("thunderbolt: Add support for preboot ACL")
> introduced boot_acl attribute but missed the fact that now userspace
> needs to poll the attribute constantly to find out whether it has
> changed or not. Fix this by sending notification to the userspace
> whenever the boot_acl attribute is changed.
> 
> Fixes: 9aaa3b8b4c56 ("thunderbolt: Add support for preboot ACL")
> Reported-by: Christian Kellner <ckellner@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>

Applied to thunderbolt.git/fixes.