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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c index ae962b756863..f3266334063e 100644 --- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c @@ -529,6 +529,13 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name) struct regmap_range_node *range_node; const char *devname = "dummy"; + /* + * Userspace can initiate reads from the hardware over debugfs. + * Normally internal regmap structures and buffers are protected with + * a mutex or a spinlock, but if the regmap owner decided to disable + * all locking mechanisms, this is no longer the case. For safety: + * don't create the debugfs entries if locking is disabled. + */ if (map->debugfs_disable) { dev_dbg(map->dev, "regmap locking disabled - not creating debugfs entries\n"); return; |