linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] thunderbolt: For dev authorization changes, include the actual event in udev change notification

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Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 18:07:14 +0300
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@...il.com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rajatxjain@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] thunderbolt: For dev authorization changes, include
 the actual event in udev change notification

Hi Rajat,

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 04:53:04PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote:
> For security, we would like to monitor and track when the thunderbolt
> devices are authorized and deauthorized (i.e. when the thunderbolt sysfs
> "authorized" attribute changes). Currently the userspace gets a udev
> change notification when there is a change, but the state may have
> changed (again) by the time we look at the authorized attribute in
> sysfs. So an authorization event may go unnoticed. Thus make it easier
> by informing the actual change (new value of authorized attribute) in
> the udev change notification.
> 
> The change is included as a key value "authorized=<val>" where <val>
> is the new value of sysfs attribute "authorized", and is described at
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-thunderbolt under
> /sys/bus/thunderbolt/devices/.../authorized
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>

I did some tiny changes to the title, commit message and the comment and
applied to thunderbolt.git/next, thanks!