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authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2011-06-10 14:46:48 +0200
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2011-06-10 14:46:57 +0200
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tree54390f904df6ff11e570f764c444356cf2709fda /Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
parent71f66a6580c4e42df377bebbcca5c72661a40700 (diff)
parent7f45e5cd1718ed769295033ca214032848a0097d (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into for-next
Sync with Linus' tree to be able to apply patches against new code I have in queue.
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@@ -66,3 +66,8 @@ Note: We can use a kernel with multiple custom ACPI method running,
But each individual write to debugfs can implement a SINGLE
method override. i.e. if we want to insert/override multiple
ACPI methods, we need to redo step c) ~ g) for multiple times.
+
+Note: Be aware that root can mis-use this driver to modify arbitrary
+ memory and gain additional rights, if root's privileges got
+ restricted (for example if root is not allowed to load additional
+ modules after boot).