On Sat, 11 Apr 2020, Greg KH wrote: > 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. This wasn't backported due to security issues. It was backported since: "[The] Reset file ... may cause race conditions" Final call is yours, as always. Please do as you see fit. -- Lee Jones [李琼斯] Linaro Services Technical Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
