Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm actually more inclined to try to deprecate /dev/kmem.. I don't think > anybody has ever really used it except for some rootkits.
I don't think that's true. > So I'd be perfectly happy to fix this, but I'd be even happier if we made > the whole kmem thing a config variable (maybe even default it to "off"). Acessing vmalloc in /dev/mem would be pretty awkward. Yes it doesn't also work in mmap of /dev/kmem, but at least in read/write. There are quite a lot of scripts that use it for kernel debugging like dumping variables. And for that you really want to access modules and vmalloc. And it's much easier to parse than /proc/kcore In fact I have some patches queued to fix it for x86-64 again (people who used such scripts on i386 are complaining) -Andi - 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/
