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On 8/5/21 9:37 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> I overlooked the "authorized" attribute in usb and thunderbolt. The
> collision problem makes sense. Are you open to a core "authorized"
> attribute that buses like usb and thunderbolt would override in favor
> of their local implementation? I.e. similar to suppress_bind_attrs:

Even if such overriding is allowed in default boot, it should not be
allowed in protected guest + driver_filter model.

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer