linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] driver: base: Add driver filter support

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Message-ID: <1e9efeb3-4aef-68e2-6af3-cf6bb5decb38@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 5 Aug 2021 10:25:32 -0700
From:   "Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan" 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <knsathya@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] driver: base: Add driver filter support



On 8/5/21 9:37 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> I overlooked the "authorized" attribute in usb and thunderbolt. The
> collision problem makes sense. Are you open to a core "authorized"
> attribute that buses like usb and thunderbolt would override in favor
> of their local implementation? I.e. similar to suppress_bind_attrs:

Even if such overriding is allowed in default boot, it should not be
allowed in protected guest + driver_filter model.

-- 
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer