linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] powerpc: expose secure variables to userspace via sysfs

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Message-ID: <20190826140131.GA15270@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:01:31 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>,
        Matthew Garret <matthew.garret@...ula.com>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@...ux.ibm.com>,
        George Wilson <gcwilson@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Elaine Palmer <erpalmer@...ibm.com>,
        Eric Ricther <erichte@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] powerpc: expose secure variables to userspace via
 sysfs

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 09:23:36AM -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
> +static struct bin_attribute update_attr = {
> +	.attr = {.name = "update", .mode = 0200},
> +	.size = VARIABLE_MAX_SIZE,
> +	.write = update_write,
> +};

Ah, do we need a __BIN_ATTR_WO() macro for you?  That would make this
more obvious, right?

Other than that minor thing (not a complaint at all) looks much better
to me, nice work:

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>