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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index f0cf5d990794..51c821477951 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT source "lib/Kconfig.debug" -config PROMISC_DEVMEM - bool "Allow unlimited access to /dev/mem" - default y +config STRICT_DEVMEM + bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" help If this option is left on, 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. + 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. |