linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] platform/x86: Add Intel Software Defined Silicon driver

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Date:   Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:21:38 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "David E. Box" <david.e.box@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     lee.jones@...aro.org, hdegoede@...hat.com, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com,
        mgross@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] platform/x86: Add Intel Software Defined Silicon
 driver

On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 09:18:25AM -0800, David E. Box wrote:
> > These sysfs attributes are crazy.  Who has audited them to be correct
> > and work properly? It feels like there are just buffer overflows
> > waiting to be exploited in them due to the reading/writing of raw memory
> > buffers all over the place.
> 
> Agree with the concern. I can submit the tests that were used. Is selftests the
> best place?

Yes.

> > Where is the userspace tool that uses these files?
> 
> The tool will be published in the same github repo as the spec once the driver
> is ready.

Isn't the driver "ready" if you are asking for it to be accepted
here?  Why isn't it published already so we can see if it actually is
tested?

thanks,

greg k-h