Re: [PATCH 16/16] x86/amd_smn: Add support for debugfs access to SMN registers

From: Mario Limonciello
Date: Tue Nov 05 2024 - 14:56:52 EST


On 11/5/2024 13:53, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 01:46:46PM -0600, Mario Limonciello wrote:
Why the worry about it being in debugfs by default?

I want people to *actively* and *explicitly* do something before they can
brick their systems.


OK got it. Considering that I think after this series lands we need to re-open the conversation about PCI config space access to userspace; particularly on regions that have been marked as exclusions.

By that grounds a taint is definitely not enough for that either.