linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: re-write copy in pmc_core_lpm_latch_mode

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Date:   Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:32:58 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Rajneesh Bhardwaj <irenic.rajneesh@...il.com>,
        David E Box <david.e.box@...el.com>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        "David E. Box" <david.e.box@...ux.intel.com>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: re-write copy in
 pmc_core_lpm_latch_mode_write()

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 04:11:15PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> This should fix that however, while sticking with simple_write_to_buffer():

I really want to get rid of the simple_write_to_buffer().  Using it
would make sense if we wanted the user to be able to seek to the middle
of buf[] but that would just be an info leak.

regards,
dan carpenter