Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] test: add new driver_data load tester

From: AKASHI Takahiro
Date: Thu May 11 2017 - 20:24:55 EST


On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 11:32:30AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > It would seems to make sense to me to only need to verify files when read
> > for the first time, once its cache I don't see why we would re-verify them ?
>
> To be clear, the fw cache feature reads the files from the fs prior to
> suspend, and then uses the in-memory cache on resume. So it would make
> sense to me only to rely on fw verification on resume then when the fw
> cache is used ?

Good point. I was thinking of need for verification on resume.
As cache is not protected and visible to the kernel, some malware
might want to rewrite it :)

Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI

> Luis