linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 1/7] nvmem: Add flag to export NVMEM to root only

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Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:32:54 +0100
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
Cc:	GregKH <greg@...ah.com>, maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com,
	wsa@...-dreams.de, broonie@...nel.org, vz@...ia.com, fd@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com,
	bgolaszewski@...libre.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 1/7] nvmem: Add flag to export NVMEM to root only

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:17:30AM +0000, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> Thanks for the patch,
> 
> On 16/02/16 23:41, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >Legacy AT24, AT25 EEPROMs are exported in sys so that only root can
> >read the contents. The EEPROMs may contain sensitive information. Add
> >a flag so the provide can indicate that NVMEM should also restrict
> >access to root only.
> 
> This patch looks good to me.
> Unless anyone has issues, I can queue this up via Greg's char-misc tree.

Hi Srinivas

There are dependencies between these patches. It would be better if
you take them all as one series, adding the ACKs for the individual
driver maintainers.

       Andrew