From 21266be9ed542f13436bd9c75316d43e1e84f6ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Williams Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:19:29 -0800 Subject: arch: consolidate CONFIG_STRICT_DEVM in lib/Kconfig.debug Let all the archs that implement devmem_is_allowed() opt-in to a common definition of CONFIG_STRICT_DEVM in lib/Kconfig.debug. Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Russell King Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: "David S. Miller" Acked-by: Catalin Marinas Acked-by: Heiko Carstens [heiko: drop 'default y' for s390] Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Dan Williams --- arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 17 ----------------- 1 file changed, 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug') 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 -- cgit