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authorEduardo Valentin <eduardo.valentin@ti.com>2013-03-26 22:38:34 +0100
committerZhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>2013-04-02 15:34:42 +0200
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parentthermal: exynos: Adapt to temperature emulation core thermal framework (diff)
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thermal: add a warning for temperature emulation feature
Because this feature is for debuging purposes, it is highly recommended to do not enable this on production systems. This patch adds warnings for system integrators, so that people are aware of this potential security issue. Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <eduardo.valentin@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
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@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ emul_temp
Unit: millidegree Celsius
WO, Optional
+ WARNING: Be careful while enabling this option on production systems,
+ because userland can easily disable the thermal policy by simply
+ flooding this sysfs node with low temperature values.
+
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* Cooling device attributes *
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