Re: [PATCH v7 3/5] virt: Add efi_secret module to expose confidential computing secrets
From: Gerd Hoffmann
Date: Wed Feb 02 2022 - 03:45:27 EST
Hi,
> + s->coco_dir = NULL;
> + s->fs_dir = NULL;
> + memset(s->fs_files, 0, sizeof(s->fs_files));
> +
> + dent = securityfs_create_dir("coco", NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(dent)) {
> + pr_err("Error creating coco securityfs directory entry err=%ld\n", PTR_ERR(dent));
> + return PTR_ERR(dent);
> + }
> + s->coco_dir = dent;
> +
> + dent = securityfs_create_dir("efi_secret", s->coco_dir);
> + if (IS_ERR(dent)) {
> + pr_err("Error creating efi_secret securityfs directory entry err=%ld\n",
> + PTR_ERR(dent));
> + return PTR_ERR(dent);
> + }
> + d_inode(dent)->i_op = &efi_secret_dir_inode_operations;
> + s->fs_dir = dent;
Why have two levels of subdirectories here? Do we expect more users for
the coco/ directory?
See also the naming discussion in the cover letter sub-thread.
take care,
Gerd