[PATCH 1/2] arch: consolidate CONFIG_STRICT_DEVM in lib/Kconfig.debug

Dan Williams
2015-11-22T03:57:02Z

Let all the archs that implement CONFIG_STRICT_DEVM use a common
definition in lib/Kconfig.debug.

Note, the 'depends on !SPARC' is due to sparc not implementing
devmem_is_allowed().

Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig.debug | 14 --------------
arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug | 14 --------------
arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug | 12 ------------
arch/s390/Kconfig.debug | 12 ------------
arch/tile/Kconfig | 3 ---
arch/unicore32/Kconfig.debug | 14 --------------
arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 17 -----------------
lib/Kconfig.debug | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
8 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
index 259c0ca9c99a..e356357d86bb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -15,20 +15,6 @@ config ARM_PTDUMP
kernel.
If in doubt, say "N"

-config STRICT_DEVMEM
- bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
- depends on MMU
- ---help---
- If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
- of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
- access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
- be used by people debugging the kernel.
-
- If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
- userspace access to memory mapped peripherals.
-
- If in doubt, say Y.
-
# RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers or stack unwinding.
# If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack
# traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
index 04fb73b973f1..e13c4bf84d9e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -14,20 +14,6 @@ config ARM64_PTDUMP
kernel.
If in doubt, say "N"

-config STRICT_DEVMEM
- bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
- depends on MMU
- help
- If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
- of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
- access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
- be used by people debugging the kernel.
-
- If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
- userspace access to memory mapped peripherals.
-
- If in doubt, say Y.
-
config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR
bool "Write the current PID to the CONTEXTIDR register"
help
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index 3a510f4a6b68..a0e44a9c456f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -335,18 +335,6 @@ config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM_ADDR
platform probing is done, all platforms selected must
share the same address.

-config STRICT_DEVMEM
- def_bool y
- prompt "Filter access to /dev/mem"
- help
- This option restricts access to /dev/mem. If this option is
- disabled, you allow userspace access to all memory, including
- kernel and userspace memory. Accidental memory access is likely
- to be disastrous.
- Memory access is required for experts who want to debug the kernel.
-
- If you are unsure, say Y.
-
config FAIL_IOMMU
bool "Fault-injection capability for IOMMU"
depends on FAULT_INJECTION
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug b/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
index c56878e1245f..26c5d5beb4be 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT

source "lib/Kconfig.debug"

-config STRICT_DEVMEM
- def_bool y
- prompt "Filter access to /dev/mem"
- ---help---
- This option restricts access to /dev/mem. If this option is
- disabled, you allow userspace access to all memory, including
- kernel and userspace memory. Accidental memory access is likely
- to be disastrous.
- Memory access is required for experts who want to debug the kernel.
-
- If you are unsure, say Y.
-
config S390_PTDUMP
bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index 106c21bd7f44..7b2d40db11fa 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
def_bool y

-config STRICT_DEVMEM
- def_bool y
-
# SMP is required for Tilera Linux.
config SMP
def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig.debug b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig.debug
index 1a3626239843..f075bbe1d46f 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2,20 +2,6 @@ menu "Kernel hacking"

source "lib/Kconfig.debug"

-config STRICT_DEVMEM
- bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
- depends on MMU
- ---help---
- If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
- of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
- access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
- be used by people debugging the kernel.
-
- If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
- userspace access to memory mapped peripherals.
-
- If in doubt, say Y.
-
config EARLY_PRINTK
def_bool DEBUG_OCD
help
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 137dfa96aa14..1116452fcfc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -5,23 +5,6 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT

source "lib/Kconfig.debug"

-config STRICT_DEVMEM
- bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
- ---help---
- If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
- of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
- access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
- be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support
- enabled, even in this case there are restrictions on /dev/mem
- use due to the cache aliasing requirements.
-
- If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
- userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
- This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
- /dev/mem.
-
- If in doubt, say Y.
-
config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
default y
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 8c15b29d5adc..ad85145d0047 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1853,3 +1853,22 @@ source "samples/Kconfig"

source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"

+config STRICT_DEVMEM
+ bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
+ depends on MMU
+ depends on !SPARC
+ default y if TILE || PPC || S390
+ ---help---
+ If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
+ of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
+ access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
+ be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support
+ enabled, even in this case there are restrictions on /dev/mem
+ use due to the cache aliasing requirements.
+
+ If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
+ userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
+ This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
+ /dev/mem.
+
+ If in doubt, say Y.