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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Cpufreq: Change sysfs interface cpuinfo_cur_freq access privilege
On 2013年11月25日 12:30, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 25 November 2013 08:23, Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com> wrote:
>> Currently, cpuinfo_cur_freq is only accessible for root user while
>> other cpufreq sysfs interfaces(E,G scaling_cur_freq) are available
>> to ordinary user. This seems make no sense. This patch is to change
>> it.
>
> There is nothing wrong with the code and so this is more of a design
> change..
>
> Probably Rafael can help us here as cpufreq_cur_freq will read stuff
> directly from hardware instead of using cached value in software.

I think so, too. I also tried to checking the reason of the privilege by
git log but the code was there before linux kernel being migrated to git
repository.

>
> --
> viresh
>


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Best regards
Tianyu Lan
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