From: lauraa@codeaurora.org (Laura Abbott)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: Add missing Kconfig for CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:30:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1396657850-14252-1-git-send-email-lauraa@codeaurora.org> (raw)
The Kconfig for CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is missing despite being
used in mmap.c. Add it.
Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@codeaurora.org>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
index 835c559..4be4336 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ config FRAME_POINTER
bool
default y
+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
bool "Early printk support"
default y
--
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2014-04-05 0:30 Laura Abbott [this message]
2014-04-07 16:35 ` [PATCH] arm64: Add missing Kconfig for CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM Catalin Marinas
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