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Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] nvmem: core: add sysfs file mode flag in nvmem_config

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On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 12:01:04PM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> This patch adds mode variable to nvmem_config structure which will allow
> providers to specify the permissions for the sysfs binary file.
> This mode is applied on top of root-only access permissions set by
> the core.
> 
> Having this flag would give more flexibility to providers to decide
> which permissions to set on the sysfs binary file entry.

And they will get it wrong, please don't do this.

thanks,

greg k-h
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[PATCH v2 3/3] nvmem: core: add sysfs file mode flag in nvmem_config Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org> - 2015-10-07 13:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] nvmem: core: add sysfs file mode flag in  nvmem_config Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2015-10-07 15:00 +0200

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