From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e2.ny.us.ibm.com (e2.ny.us.ibm.com [32.97.182.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e2.ny.us.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E1567EC4 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:52:54 +1100 (EST) Received: from d01relay02.pok.ibm.com (d01relay02.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.234]) by e2.ny.us.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id kAB0qo1b002896 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:52:50 -0500 Received: from d01av03.pok.ibm.com (d01av03.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.217]) by d01relay02.pok.ibm.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/NCO v8.1.1) with ESMTP id kAB0qo2d296588 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:52:50 -0500 Received: from d01av03.pok.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d01av03.pok.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id kAB0qoYi004415 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:52:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:52:49 -0600 To: Paul Mackerras Subject: Re: [PATCH]: PowerPC: make sure the rtas stop-self token is defined. Message-ID: <20061111005248.GW30625@austin.ibm.com> References: <20061110182253.GV30625@austin.ibm.com> <17749.4445.46239.450000@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <17749.4445.46239.450000@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas) Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 10:55:09AM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Linas Vepstas writes: > > > I presume this looks reasonable, please apply. > > OK, is this a fix for a bug that needs to be fixed before 2.6.19 is > release? Probably not. This was uncovered during "unusual" testing, with user catting values int sysfs files. Since you need to be root to do this, I don't think its a security flaw. --linas