Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/sysfs: Disable writing to PURR in guest mode

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On 2014/7/8 7:44, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 02:09:58PM +0800, Yijing Wang wrote:
>> From: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c exports PURR with write permission.
>> This may be valid for kernel in phyp mode. But writing to
>> the file in guest mode causes crash due to a priviledge violation
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> [Backported to 3.4: adjust context]
>> Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c |   18 ++++++++++++++++--
>>  1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> You forgot the git commit id here :(
> 
> It is d1211af3049f4c9c1d8d4eb8f8098cc4f4f0d0c7, right?

Yes, sorry for my mistake.

Thanks!
Yijing.

> 
> 
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Thanks!
Yijing

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