linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] misc: add CARMA DATA-FPGA Access Driver

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Date:	Tue, 8 Feb 2011 12:29:11 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	"Ira W. Snyder" <iws@...o.caltech.edu>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] misc: add CARMA DATA-FPGA Access Driver

On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 09:20:46AM -0800, Ira W. Snyder wrote:

 > > > +static DEVICE_ATTR(enable, S_IWUGO | S_IRUGO, data_en_show, data_en_set);
 > > 
 > > Are all of these really needed or most of them are for debug?
 > > 
 > 
 > Most are for debugging. They have proved useful a few times in
 > production to track down bugs.
 
File mode should probably not be world writable.
(checkpatch.pl should warn you about this now btw)

	Dave

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