Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On 27 February 2018 at 12:33, Harish Jenny K N wrote: > From: Andrew Gabbasov > > Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas > are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing > in

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On 27 February 2018 at 12:33, Harish Jenny K N wrote: > From: Andrew Gabbasov > > Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas > are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing > in /proc/partitions. This will hide them from various user-level >

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Saturday 10 March 2018 05:29 PM, Linus Walleij wrote: > > But this patch doesn't hide the partition from userspace does it? > > They will still appear in /dev/mmcblk0boot1 etc. > > Just not reported as "real" partitions in /proc/partitions. > > Or do I misunderstand it? > > You are correct.

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Saturday 10 March 2018 05:29 PM, Linus Walleij wrote: > > But this patch doesn't hide the partition from userspace does it? > > They will still appear in /dev/mmcblk0boot1 etc. > > Just not reported as "real" partitions in /proc/partitions. > > Or do I misunderstand it? > > You are correct.

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:36 PM, Alex Lemberg wrote: > On 3/2/18 4:53 AM, Linus Walleij wrote: >> What we need to do is make the "special partitions" part of the >> main block device and stop spawning these special block >> devices for each boot partions or general

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:36 PM, Alex Lemberg wrote: > On 3/2/18 4:53 AM, Linus Walleij wrote: >> What we need to do is make the "special partitions" part of the >> main block device and stop spawning these special block >> devices for each boot partions or general partitions. In addition, >>

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

Hi Linus, On 3/2/18 4:53 AM, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Harish Jenny K N > wrote: > >> From: Andrew Gabbasov >> >> Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas >> are unlikely to contain

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

Hi Linus, On 3/2/18 4:53 AM, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Harish Jenny K N > wrote: > >> From: Andrew Gabbasov >> >> Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas >> are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing >> in

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Friday 02 March 2018 06:23 PM, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Harish Jenny K N > wrote: > >> From: Andrew Gabbasov >> >> Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas >> are unlikely to

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Friday 02 March 2018 06:23 PM, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Harish Jenny K N > wrote: > >> From: Andrew Gabbasov >> >> Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas >> are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing >>

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Harish Jenny K N wrote: > From: Andrew Gabbasov > > Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas > are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing > in

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Harish Jenny K N wrote: > From: Andrew Gabbasov > > Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas > are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing > in /proc/partitions. This will hide them from various user-level >

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Tuesday 27 February 2018 08:28 PM, Alex Lemberg wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > While RPMB partition requires special IOCTL, the boot partition is only > requires "switch partition", which is not unusual operation in eMMC. > Why to prevent users access boot partition? > > Thanks, > Alex The main

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

On Tuesday 27 February 2018 08:28 PM, Alex Lemberg wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > While RPMB partition requires special IOCTL, the boot partition is only > requires "switch partition", which is not unusual operation in eMMC. > Why to prevent users access boot partition? > > Thanks, > Alex The main

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

Hi Andrew, While RPMB partition requires special IOCTL, the boot partition is only requires "switch partition", which is not unusual operation in eMMC. Why to prevent users access boot partition? Thanks, Alex On 2/27/18, 1:34 PM, "linux-mmc-ow...@vger.kernel.org on behalf of Harish Jenny K

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

Hi Andrew, While RPMB partition requires special IOCTL, the boot partition is only requires "switch partition", which is not unusual operation in eMMC. Why to prevent users access boot partition? Thanks, Alex On 2/27/18, 1:34 PM, "linux-mmc-ow...@vger.kernel.org on behalf of Harish Jenny K

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

While RPMB partition requires special IOCTL Thanks, Alex On 2/27/18, 1:34 PM, "linux-mmc-ow...@vger.kernel.org on behalf of Harish Jenny K N" wrote: From: Andrew Gabbasov Since

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

While RPMB partition requires special IOCTL Thanks, Alex On 2/27/18, 1:34 PM, "linux-mmc-ow...@vger.kernel.org on behalf of Harish Jenny K N" wrote: From: Andrew Gabbasov Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas are unlikely to contain any

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

在 2018/2/27 19:33, Harish Jenny K N 写道: From: Andrew Gabbasov Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing in /proc/partitions. This will hide them from various user-level

Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

在 2018/2/27 19:33, Harish Jenny K N 写道: From: Andrew Gabbasov Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing in /proc/partitions. This will hide them from various user-level software (e.g. fdisk), thus

[PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

From: Andrew Gabbasov Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing in /proc/partitions. This will hide them from various user-level software (e.g. fdisk), thus avoiding

[PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in /proc/partitions

From: Andrew Gabbasov Since RPMB area is accessible via special ioctl only and boot areas are unlikely to contain any partitions, exclude them all from listing in /proc/partitions. This will hide them from various user-level software (e.g. fdisk), thus avoiding unnecessary access attempts.