linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/16] x86/amd_smn: Add support for debugfs access to SMN registers

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Message-ID: <20241105195329.GHZyp3uVMKHAF3BEmV@fat_crate.local>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 20:53:29 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Cc: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tony.luck@...el.com, x86@...nel.org,
	avadhut.naik@....com, john.allen@....com, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
	Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com, richard.gong@....com, jdelvare@...e.com,
	linux@...ck-us.net, clemens@...isch.de, hdegoede@...hat.com,
	ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	naveenkrishna.chatradhi@....com, carlos.bilbao.osdev@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16] x86/amd_smn: Add support for debugfs access to SMN
 registers

On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 01:46:46PM -0600, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Why the worry about it being in debugfs by default?

I want people to *actively* and *explicitly* do something before they can
brick their systems.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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