Re: [PATCH] mfd: altr-a10sr: Add Arria10 SR sysfs attributes

[Lee Jones]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, thor.thayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: Thor Thayer <thor.thayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Add the Altera Arria10 DevKit sysfs attributes to the
> MFD device. Update copyright and email.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thor Thayer <thor.thayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/altera-a10sr.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/altera-a10sr.c b/drivers/mfd/altera-a10sr.c
> index 06e1f7f..8c51818 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/altera-a10sr.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/altera-a10sr.c
> @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
>  /*
>   * Altera Arria10 DevKit System Resource MFD Driver
>   *
> - * Author: Thor Thayer <tthayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * Author: Thor Thayer <thor.thayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   *
> - * Copyright Intel Corporation (C) 2014-2016. All Rights Reserved
> + * Copyright Intel Corporation (C) 2014-2017. All Rights Reserved
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>   * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> @@ -35,6 +35,89 @@
>  	},
>  };
>  
> +/* Add sysfs interface for MAX5 System Resource Controller */
> +static unsigned int a10sr_reg_addr;
> +static ssize_t a10sr_reg_show(struct device *dev,
> +			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	return sprintf(buf, "0x%02x\n", a10sr_reg_addr);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t a10sr_reg_store(struct device *dev,
> +			       struct device_attribute *attr,
> +			       const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	int ret = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &a10sr_reg_addr);
> +
> +	if (ret || (a10sr_reg_addr < 0) ||
> +	    (a10sr_reg_addr > ALTR_A10SR_PMBUS_REG)) {
> +		a10sr_reg_addr = 0;
> +		dev_err(dev, "Invalid register address\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +	return (ssize_t)count;
> +}

I don't think we can allow this.  Allowing users to read and write
directly to registers from userspace is a really bad idea. 

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Lee Jones
Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead
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