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Date:   Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:58:56 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Joe Konno <joe.konno@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] efivars: reading variables can generate SMIs
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On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:48:32AM -0800, Joe Konno wrote:
>  We may see some other patches or RFCs about caching and/or shadowing
> variable values in efivarfs to reduce the number of direct EFI reads,
> with the goal of reducing how many SMIs are generated.

So if you do the caching scheme, the question about narrowing
permissions becomes moot...

> Any obvious EFI variables that userspace tools have come to depend on--
> those which normal, unprivileged users need to read-- are helpful inputs
> to this discussion.

... which solves the aspect of not breaking userspace nicely.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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