Re: [PATCH 4/4] platform/x86: Add Intel Software Defined Silicon driver
From: David E. Box
Date: Mon Nov 22 2021 - 09:51:42 EST
On Mon, 2021-11-22 at 07:21 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> 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?
It will be required for the tests anyway, so I'll submit it with them.
Thanks.
David