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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:45:30 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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        x86@kernel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
        Dasaratharaman Chandramouli 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, msr: Allow read access to /dev/cpu/X/msr
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On 06/26/2015 10:52 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> 
> This patch allows read access to the msr dev files which should be okay.
> No damage can be done by reading the MSR values and it allows non-root
> users to run system monitoring software.
> 

I don't believe that is true.

	-hpa


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