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make /dev/kmem a config option

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Make /dev/kmem a config option; /dev/kmem is VERY rarely used, and when
used, it's generally for no good (rootkits tend to be the most common
users).  With this config option, users have the choice to disable
/dev/kmem, saving some size as well.

A patch to disable /dev/kmem has been in the Fedora and RHEL kernels for
4+ years now without any known problems or legit users of /dev/kmem.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: make CONFIG_DEVKMEM default to y]
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Arjan van de Ven 2008-04-29 00:58:34 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 0cddc0a906
commit b781ecb6a3
2 changed files with 19 additions and 0 deletions
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drivers/char/Kconfig
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@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
<file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
config DEVKMEM
bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
/dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
kind of kernel debugging operations.
When in doubt, say "N".
config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
bool "Non-standard serial port support"
depends on HAS_IOMEM

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drivers/char/mem.c
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@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ static int mmap_mem(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
return 0;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_DEVKMEM
static int mmap_kmem(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
{
unsigned long pfn;
@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ static int mmap_kmem(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
vma->vm_pgoff = pfn;
return mmap_mem(file, vma);
}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
/*
@ -422,6 +424,7 @@ static ssize_t read_oldmem(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
extern long vread(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count);
extern long vwrite(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count);
#ifdef CONFIG_DEVKMEM
/*
* This function reads the *virtual* memory as seen by the kernel.
*/
@ -626,6 +629,7 @@ static ssize_t write_kmem(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
*ppos = p;
return virtr + wrote;
}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_DEVPORT
static ssize_t read_port(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
@ -803,6 +807,7 @@ static const struct file_operations mem_fops = {
.get_unmapped_area = get_unmapped_area_mem,
};
#ifdef CONFIG_DEVKMEM
static const struct file_operations kmem_fops = {
.llseek = memory_lseek,
.read = read_kmem,
@ -811,6 +816,7 @@ static const struct file_operations kmem_fops = {
.open = open_kmem,
.get_unmapped_area = get_unmapped_area_mem,
};
#endif
static const struct file_operations null_fops = {
.llseek = null_lseek,
@ -889,11 +895,13 @@ static int memory_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
filp->f_mapping->backing_dev_info =
&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi;
break;
#ifdef CONFIG_DEVKMEM
case 2:
filp->f_op = &kmem_fops;
filp->f_mapping->backing_dev_info =
&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi;
break;
#endif
case 3:
filp->f_op = &null_fops;
break;
@ -942,7 +950,9 @@ static const struct {
const struct file_operations *fops;
} devlist[] = { /* list of minor devices */
{1, "mem", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &mem_fops},
#ifdef CONFIG_DEVKMEM
{2, "kmem", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &kmem_fops},
#endif
{3, "null", S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO, &null_fops},
#ifdef CONFIG_DEVPORT
{4, "port", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &port_fops},