On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 18:54 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > 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.
got any examples ? > > > 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 but you can stick gdb on /proc/kcore... - 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/
