Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] tee: remove flags TEE_IOCTL_SHM_MAPPED and TEE_IOCTL_SHM_DMA_BUF

From: Eugene Syromiatnikov
Date: Wed Jun 08 2022 - 09:53:07 EST


On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 09:16:17AM -0500, Andrew Davis wrote:
> These look to be leftover from an early edition of this driver. Userspace
> does not need this information. Checking all users of this that I have
> access to I have verified no one is using them.

This change has broken build of strace's test suite against the latest kernel
headers[1]; the usage prety much shows up in the Debian's code search[2].

[1] https://github.com/strace/strace/runs/6794205205?check_suite_focus=true#step:4:3862
[2] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=TEE_IOCTL_SHM_MAPPED+package%3A%5CQstrace%5CE&literal=1

> They leak internal use flags out to userspace. Even more they are not
> correct anymore after a45ea4efa358. Lets drop these flags before
> someone does try to use them for something and they become ABI.