Re: [RFC,PATCH] efi: Add support for a UEFI variable filesystem

[Jeremy Kerr]

hi hpa,

> Wouldn't that be better handled by O_APPEND?

Possibly, but this then means that there are now two "interfaces" that
specify the variable attributes.

[Also, in that case we should support the same mechanism through open();
llseek(0, SEEK_END) then, right?]

In general, I think the attributes-in-a-header mechanism is a little
tidier than providing them in the filename. For instance, finding if a
variable exists from userspace will require iterating the dentries (or
trying all combinations of variables), if the attributes aren't known.

However, I'm happy to implement this if it's the generally-preferred
solution.

Cheers,


Jeremy


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