linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: Add Mount Option For Efivarfs

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Message-ID: <ZOaIabhk9a+hyBaI@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:30:01 +0100
From:   Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiao Zhou <jiaozhou@...gle.com>, Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: Add Mount Option For Efivarfs

On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 06:30:12PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> (cc Peter and Matthew)
> 
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 at 18:24, Jiao Zhou <jiaozhou@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Add uid and gid in efivarfs's mount option, so that
> > we can mount the file system with ownership. This approach
> > is used by a number of other filesystems that don't have
> > native support for ownership
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jiao Zhou <jiaozhou@...gle.com>

No inherent objection, but what's the use case?