VK_EXT_aquire_xlib_display and kernel security concerns

[Keith Packard]

Dave Airlie <airlied at gmail.com> writes:

> If they use acquire extensions they get display enumeration, the
> problem is display enumeration before the acquire would need special
> permission elevation.

And the problem here is that the nVidia driver hides the HMD displays
from X, forcing the application to use Vulkan enumeration to find the
VkDisplayKHR to pass to AcquireXlibDisplay...

-- 
-keith
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