Re: [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses
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- To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Enhance /dev/mem to allow read/write of arbitrary physical addresses
- From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:41:24 +0200
- Cc: Ryan Mallon <rmallon@xxxxxxxxx>, Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@xxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There are some test drivers which really want /dev/mem to work.
Test drivers and test hardware with zero enumeration can use below 4G
addresses just fine.
Also, debugging is not an issue and some non-default kernel or boot
option can enable any sort of device i guess, so my main worry isnt
really security but that we should stand in the way of the apparent
practice of *shipping* user-space drivers that use /dev/mem ...
Thanks,
Ingo
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