[PATCH 5.9 218/255] hwmon: (amd_energy) modify the visibility of the counters

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Nov 17 2020 - 08:42:42 EST


From: Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <nchatrad@xxxxxxx>

commit 60268b0e8258fdea9a3c9f4b51e161c123571db3 upstream.

This patch limits the visibility to owner and groups only for the
energy counters exposed through the hwmon based amd_energy driver.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <nchatrad@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201112172159.8781-1-nchatrad@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/hwmon/amd_energy.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/hwmon/amd_energy.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/amd_energy.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static umode_t amd_energy_is_visible(con
enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
u32 attr, int channel)
{
- return 0444;
+ return 0440;
}

static int energy_accumulator(void *p)