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Date:   Sun, 2 Sep 2018 05:12:55 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Jacek Tomaka <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, timb@....com, mingo@...nel.org, bp@...e.de,
        hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jacek.tomaka@...zta.fm
Subject: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode: Make revision and processor
 flags world-readable

Commit-ID:  f4661d293eb2d01dfc742982761a36fafe456d46
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/f4661d293eb2d01dfc742982761a36fafe456d46
Author:     Jacek Tomaka <jacek.tomaka@...zta.fm>
AuthorDate: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 11:50:39 +0800
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 14:09:13 +0200

x86/microcode: Make revision and processor flags world-readable

The microcode revision is already readable for non-root users via
/proc/cpuinfo. Thus, there's no reason to keep the same information
readable by root only in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/microcode/.

Make .../processor_flags world-readable too, while at it.

Reported-by: Tim Burgess <timb@....com>
Signed-off-by: Jacek Tomaka <jacek.tomaka@...zta.fm>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180825035039.14409-1-jacekt@dugeo.com

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index b9bc8a1a584e..2637ff09d6a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -666,8 +666,8 @@ static ssize_t pf_show(struct device *dev,
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(reload);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(version, 0400, version_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(processor_flags, 0400, pf_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(version, 0444, version_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(processor_flags, 0444, pf_show, NULL);
 
 static struct attribute *mc_default_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_version.attr,