[PATCH v1 0/2] Fix read permissions for VPD attributes

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Thu Nov 07 2024 - 13:57:19 EST


From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>

Changelog:
v1:
* Changed implementation from open-read-to-everyone to be opt-in
* Removed stable and Fixes tags, as it seems like feature now.
v0: https://lore.kernel.org/all/65791906154e3e5ea12ea49127cf7c707325ca56.1730102428.git.leonro@xxxxxxxxxx/

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Hi,

The Vital Product Data (VPD) sysfs file is not readable by unprivileged
users. This limitation is not necessary and can be removed at least for
devices which are known as safe.

Thanks

Leon Romanovsky (2):
PCI/sysfs: Change read permissions for VPD attributes
net/mlx5: Enable unprivileged read of PCI VPD file

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c | 1 +
drivers/pci/vpd.c | 9 ++++++++-
include/linux/pci.h | 7 ++++++-
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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