From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:44:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DFF78E9.7010202@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110620164045.GB10815@elte.hu>
On 06/20/2011 09:40 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> There is no reason why they couldnt use a .config option or a boot
> option to get their weird stuff going, which weird stuff also happens
> to be useful.
>
> What i'm somewhat against is having this enabled by default for weird
> stuff that also happens to be harmful - and the fact that it never
> worked over 4G physical gives us the perfect opportunity to do just
> that.
>
I'm concerned about that notion. I think it's fine to modularize
/dev/mem, but what we're seeing is that Red Hat and all kinds of other
entities are putting in ad hoc versions of /dev/mem, but of course doing
so incorrectly.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:44:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DFF78E9.7010202@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110620164045.GB10815@elte.hu>
On 06/20/2011 09:40 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> There is no reason why they couldnt use a .config option or a boot
> option to get their weird stuff going, which weird stuff also happens
> to be useful.
>
> What i'm somewhat against is having this enabled by default for weird
> stuff that also happens to be harmful - and the fact that it never
> worked over 4G physical gives us the perfect opportunity to do just
> that.
>
I'm concerned about that notion. I think it's fine to modularize
/dev/mem, but what we're seeing is that Red Hat and all kinds of other
entities are putting in ad hoc versions of /dev/mem, but of course doing
so incorrectly.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ryan Mallon <rmallon@gmail.com>, Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:44:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DFF78E9.7010202@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110620164045.GB10815@elte.hu>
On 06/20/2011 09:40 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> There is no reason why they couldnt use a .config option or a boot
> option to get their weird stuff going, which weird stuff also happens
> to be useful.
>
> What i'm somewhat against is having this enabled by default for weird
> stuff that also happens to be harmful - and the fact that it never
> worked over 4G physical gives us the perfect opportunity to do just
> that.
>
I'm concerned about that notion. I think it's fine to modularize
/dev/mem, but what we're seeing is that Red Hat and all kinds of other
entities are putting in ad hoc versions of /dev/mem, but of course doing
so incorrectly.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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2011-06-17 8:38 [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:38 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:38 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:43 ` [PATCH 01/10] Return EOF on out-of-bounds read from /dev/mem Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:44 ` [PATCH 02/10] (un)xlate_dev_mem_ptr: use phys_addr_t for the @phys parameter Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:45 ` [PATCH 03/10] x86: translate highmem /dev/mem pointers Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:45 ` [PATCH 04/10] ia64: change xlate_dev_mem_ptr's argument to phys_addr_t Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:45 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:45 ` [PATCH 05/10] valid_phys_addr_range: use phys_addr_t for the @addr parameter Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:46 ` [PATCH 06/10] sh: change valid_phys_addr_range's @addr param to phys_addr_t Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:46 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:46 ` [PATCH 07/10] arm: " Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:46 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:47 ` [PATCH 08/10] ia64: " Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:47 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:48 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86: provide arch-specific valid_phys_addr_range() Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 8:48 ` [PATCH 10/10] Allow reading/writing all memory through /dev/mem Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17 9:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17 9:41 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-17 9:41 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-17 9:41 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-17 9:55 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 9:55 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-17 9:55 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-20 2:42 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Américo Wang
2011-06-20 2:42 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Américo Wang
2011-06-20 2:42 ` Américo Wang
2011-06-27 7:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of Petr Tesarik
2011-06-27 7:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Petr Tesarik
2011-06-27 7:46 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-19 23:02 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ryan Mallon
2011-06-19 23:02 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ryan Mallon
2011-06-19 23:02 ` Ryan Mallon
2011-06-19 23:44 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-19 23:44 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-19 23:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-20 7:41 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 7:41 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 7:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 15:59 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-20 15:59 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-20 15:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-20 16:40 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 16:40 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 16:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 16:44 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2011-06-20 16:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-20 16:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-21 6:55 ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2011-06-21 6:56 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2011-06-21 6:55 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2011-06-20 0:42 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of Matthew Wilcox
2011-06-20 0:42 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Matthew Wilcox
2011-06-20 0:42 ` Matthew Wilcox
2011-06-20 0:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 0:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 0:46 ` Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 0:52 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of Matthew Wilcox
2011-06-20 0:52 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Matthew Wilcox
2011-06-20 0:52 ` Matthew Wilcox
2011-06-20 1:02 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 1:02 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 1:02 ` Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 7:31 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 7:31 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 7:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-20 8:03 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 8:03 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 8:03 ` Ryan Mallon
2011-06-20 17:10 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ray Lee
2011-06-20 17:10 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ray Lee
2011-06-20 17:10 ` Ray Lee
2011-06-29 9:05 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-29 9:05 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-06-29 9:05 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 12:58 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 12:58 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 12:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 13:43 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 13:43 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 13:43 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 13:47 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Christoph Hellwig
2011-07-01 13:47 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Christoph Hellwig
2011-07-01 13:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-07-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 14:37 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 14:41 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Christoph Hellwig
2011-07-01 14:41 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Christoph Hellwig
2011-07-01 14:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 14:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 14:54 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 14:54 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 14:54 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 15:36 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 15:36 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 15:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 16:00 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-01 16:00 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-01 16:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-01 16:13 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 16:13 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 16:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 19:34 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 19:34 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 19:34 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 19:56 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 19:56 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 19:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 20:44 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 20:44 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-01 20:44 ` Petr Tesarik
2011-07-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary Ingo Molnar
2011-07-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Ingo Molnar
2011-07-03 19:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-05 17:49 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of Matthew Garrett
2011-07-05 17:49 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses Matthew Garrett
2011-07-05 17:49 ` Matthew Garrett
2011-07-05 17:56 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-05 17:56 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-05 17:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-05 22:34 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-05 22:34 ` [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-05 22:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
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