linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] nvmem: Add support for write-only instances

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Message-ID: <c9f4b098-3a57-38c6-8ca8-7dcda5e4c099@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 5 Mar 2020 18:22:36 +0000
From:   Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
To:     Nicholas Johnson <nicholas.johnson-opensource@...look.com.au>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] nvmem: Add support for write-only instances



On 05/03/2020 18:11, Nicholas Johnson wrote:
>> If for any reasons you would want to add Write only file then it should be
>> added for both with root and user privileges.
> Mika just advised me that we should not have world-writable files
I totally agree with him, should have been careful before replying it 
too early!
lets keep root only writeable file.

--srini