On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:05:09 -0800 Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] make /dev/kmem a config option > From: Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This patch makes /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. > I question the testedness of this. > +config DEV_KMEM > ... > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEVKMEM > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
