From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu,
James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com, jarkko@kernel.org,
nayna@linux.ibm.com, rnsastry@linux.ibm.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] powerpc/pseries: move the PLPKS config inside its own sysfs directory
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:28:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46cb57e43f107e52a41c2a041fe693728af7fbef.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251217172505.112398-3-ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
On Wed, 2025-12-17 at 22:55 +0530, Srish Srinivasan wrote:
> The /sys/firmware/secvar/config directory represents Power LPAR Platform
> KeyStore (PLPKS) configuration properties such as max_object_size, signed_
> update_algorithms, supported_policies, total_size, used_space, and version.
> These attributes describe the PLPKS, and not the secure boot variables
> (secvars).
>
> Create /sys/firmware/plpks directory and move the PLPKS config inside this
> directory. For backwards compatibility, create a soft link from the secvar
> sysfs directory to this config and emit a warning stating that the older
> sysfs path has been deprecated. Separate out the plpks specific
> documentation from secvar.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-02 17:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-17 17:24 [PATCH v2 0/6] Extend "trusted" keys to support a new trust source named the PowerVM Key Wrapping Module (PKWM) Srish Srinivasan
2025-12-17 17:25 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] pseries/plpks: fix kernel-doc comment inconsistencies Srish Srinivasan
2026-01-02 17:23 ` Mimi Zohar
2025-12-17 17:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] powerpc/pseries: move the PLPKS config inside its own sysfs directory Srish Srinivasan
2026-01-02 17:28 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2025-12-17 17:25 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] pseries/plpks: expose PowerVM wrapping features via the sysfs Srish Srinivasan
2025-12-17 17:25 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PowerVM Key Wrapping Module Srish Srinivasan
2026-01-02 17:25 ` Mimi Zohar
2025-12-17 17:25 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] keys/trusted_keys: establish PKWM as a trusted source Srish Srinivasan
2026-01-02 17:44 ` Mimi Zohar
2025-12-17 17:25 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] docs: trusted-encryped: add PKWM as a new trust source Srish Srinivasan
2026-01-02 17:48 ` Mimi Zohar
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