Re: [PATCH 4.19 10/13] wil6210: remove reset file from debugfs

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On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 01:18:56PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> From: Karthick Gopalasubramanian <kargop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 32dcfe8316cdbd885542967c0c85f5b9de78874b ]
> 
> Reset file is not used and may cause race conditions
> with operational driver if used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karthick Gopalasubramanian <kargop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Maya Erez <merez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c | 27 ----------------------
>  1 file changed, 27 deletions(-)

Why is this a patch for stable kernels?  debugfs is only for root, and
can do much worst things than this, which is why it shouldn't be
mounted/enabled on "real" systems.

thanks,

greg k-h



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