Re: [PATCH] Cpufreq: Change sysfs interface cpuinfo_cur_freq access privilege

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Sun Nov 24 2013 - 23:30:49 EST


On 25 November 2013 08:23, Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx> 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.

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viresh
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