From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:15:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: implement CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM by disabling access to RAM via /dev/mem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20100923211519.GB26295@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 05:08:44PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > There are very few legitimate use cases, if any, for directly accessing > system RAM through /dev/mem. So let's mimic what they do on x86 and > forbid it when CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is turned on. Is this supposed to replace 6383/1 ?