Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269036AbTHJOAQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 10:00:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269144AbTHJOAP (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 10:00:15 -0400 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:14794 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269036AbTHJOAL (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 10:00:11 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:59:40 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Andrey Borzenkov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6.0-test3] i386 cpuid.c devfs support 2/2 Message-ID: <20030810135939.GB17154@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Andrey Borzenkov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200308101252.26584.arvidjaar@mail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200308101252.26584.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: 622 Lines: 17 On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 12:52:26PM +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > the same question about default permissions as for msr.c; the same problem > with module unload. cpuid is less harmful than msr, but it's possible some admins may not want their users being able to read things like CPU serial numbers (if enabled). 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/