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

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Date:   Thu, 5 Aug 2021 19:48:19 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan" 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        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 Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 10:25:32AM -0700, Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

The kernel has no idea of "protected guest" at the moment so I do not
know what you mean here...