Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267520AbTHJN6g (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 09:58:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267724AbTHJN6g (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 09:58:36 -0400 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:7626 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267520AbTHJN6f (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 09:58:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:58:01 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Andrey Borzenkov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6.0-test3] i386 msr.c devfs support 1/2 Message-ID: <20030810135800.GA17154@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Andrey Borzenkov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200308101251.03605.arvidjaar@mail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200308101251.03605.arvidjaar@mail.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 601 Lines: 16 On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 12:51:03PM +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > Please let me know if default permissions (644) are not appropriate. bogus. They should be set to 600. Non-root access to MSRs (even read only) can cause instant lockup/reboot on some CPUs if user tries to read non-existant MSR. Dave -- Dave Jones http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/