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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:31:57 +0200
From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
To: linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Pierre-Yves MORDRET <pierre-yves.mordret@...com>,
Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@...com>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: mark HostNotify target address as used
On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 10:55:07AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> I2C core handles the local target for receiving HostNotify alerts. There
> is no separate driver bound to that address. That means userspace can
> access it if desired, leading to further complications if controllers
> are not capable of reading their own local target. Bind the local target
> to the dummy driver so it will marked as "handled by the kernel" if the
> HostNotify feature is used. That protects aginst userspace access and
> prevents other drivers binding to it.
>
> Fixes: 2a71593da34d ("i2c: smbus: add core function handling SMBus host-notify")
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Fixed the commit message, rebased to for-current and applied to
for-current, thanks!
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