linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: allow non-root reading of microcode version and processor flags

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Message-ID: <20180827075248.GB18175@nazgul.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 27 Aug 2018 09:52:48 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Jacek Tomaka <jacekt@...eo.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jacek Tomaka <jacek.tomaka@...zta.fm>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: allow non-root reading of microcode
 version and processor flags

On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 11:50:39AM +0800, Jacek Tomaka wrote:
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/microcode
> 
> Before:
> -r-------- processor_flags
> -r-------- version
> 
> After:
> -r--r--r-- processor_flags
> -r--r--r-- version
> 
> Microcode version has been already readable for non root users via
> /proc/cpuinfo. However it is easier to access it from
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/microcode/version
> 
> Reported-by: Tim Burgess <timb@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Jacek Tomaka <jacek.tomaka@...zta.fm>

Your From: is Jacek Tomaka <jacekt@...eo.com> and your SOB is different.
Which one should I use?

(Having a single email address for both is easier...)

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    Boris.

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