linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 011/305] timer/debug: Change /proc/timer

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Message-ID: <lsq.1549201508.890020421@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:45:08 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 011/305] timer/debug: Change /proc/timer_list from
 0444 to 0400

3.16.63-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>

commit 8e7df2b5b7f245c9bd11064712db5cb69044a362 upstream.

While it uses %pK, there's still few reasons to read this file
as non-root.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/time/timer_list.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static int __init init_timer_list_procfs
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
 
-	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0444, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
+	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0400, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
 	if (!pe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;