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Re: [PATCH] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Introduce flag to prevent sysfs entries

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On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:36:55AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Introduce TPM_VTPM_PROXY_NO_SYSFS flag that prevents a vtpm_proxy driver
> instance from having the typical sysfs entries that shows the state of the
> TPM. The flag is to be set in the ioctl creating the vtpm_proxy device
> pair and maps on a new chip flags TPM_CHIP_FLAG_NO_SYSFS.

No other subsystem does something so goofy, this really needs to be
part of namespace support for TPM.

Why can't you just make the sysfs files unreadable in user space?
If a container can make them readable again can't it also just create
the chardev node?

Jason

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[PATCH] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Introduce flag to prevent sysfs entries Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-24 16:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Introduce flag to prevent sysfs entries Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-06-24 19:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Introduce flag to prevent sysfs entries Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-24 20:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Introduce flag to prevent sysfs entries Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-06-24 21:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Introduce flag to prevent sysfs entries Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-06-27 20:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Introduce flag to prevent sysfs entries Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-30 18:20 +0200

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