D Scott Phillips <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Similar to the situation in commit 9049572fb145 ("hwmon: Remove amd_energy
> driver"), access to power information can be used as the basis for a side-
> channel attack. Removing unprivileged access to monitoring information
> would effectively make the driver useless, so simply remove the driver.
Well not really useless, there's still baby in this bath water.
Specifically, there's no reason to remove the temperature monitor
capabilities here. Sorry for the noise, I'll come back with something
better thought out.
