I am unconvinced but would leave the final decision to Linus and other maintainers. If they approve I will start code review. -Rishi On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM Tobias Junghans <tobias.junghans@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Rishi, > > Sure, this can always happen – like with any other kinds of (e.g. SoC) GPIOs > where you have to take care and/or keep track of your system's permissions > (which should prevent non-root applications from doing bad things such as > playing with GPIO settings or wiping your storage). As written, the code > changes do no harm unless you enforce it. > > Best regards > > Tobias > > > By mistake during development it may happen or a rogue application can > > knowingly play with our hardware (commercial product may be > > vulnerable). What are your thoughts? > > > > -Rishi > > > > >
