linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.9 218/255] hwmon: (amd_energy) modify the visibility of the counters

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Message-Id: <20201117122149.547521228@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:05:58 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <nchatrad@....com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: [PATCH 5.9 218/255] hwmon: (amd_energy) modify the visibility of the counters

From: Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <nchatrad@....com>

commit 60268b0e8258fdea9a3c9f4b51e161c123571db3 upstream.

This patch limits the visibility to owner and groups only for the
energy counters exposed through the hwmon based amd_energy driver.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <nchatrad@....com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201112172159.8781-1-nchatrad@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/hwmon/amd_energy.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/hwmon/amd_energy.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/amd_energy.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static umode_t amd_energy_is_visible(con
 				     enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
 				     u32 attr, int channel)
 {
-	return 0444;
+	return 0440;
 }
 
 static int energy_accumulator(void *p)