Re: [PATCH] x86, msr: Allow read access to /dev/cpu/X/msr

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Jun 26 2015 - 14:46:19 EST

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On 06/26/2015 10:52 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>
> This patch allows read access to the msr dev files which should be okay.
> No damage can be done by reading the MSR values and it allows non-root
> users to run system monitoring software.
>

I don't believe that is true.

-hpa

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