Subject: + mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig.patch added to -mm tree To: koct9i@xxxxxxxxx,cyeoh@xxxxxxxxxxx,davidlohr@xxxxxx,hughd@xxxxxxxxxx,viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 13:52:15 -0700 The patch titled Subject: mm/process_vm_access: move config option into init/Kconfig has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/process_vm_access: move config option into init/Kconfig CONFIG_CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH adds couple syscalls: process_vm_readv and process_vm_writev, it's a kind of IPC for copying data between processes. Currently this option is placed inside "Processor type and features". This patch moves it into "General setup" (where all other arch-independed syscalls and ipc features are placed) and changes prompt string to less cryptic. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ mm/Kconfig | 10 ---------- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN init/Kconfig~mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig init/Kconfig --- a/init/Kconfig~mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig +++ a/init/Kconfig @@ -261,6 +261,16 @@ config POSIX_MQUEUE_SYSCTL depends on SYSCTL default y +config CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH + bool "Enable process_vm_readv/writev syscalls" + depends on MMU + default y + help + Enabling this option adds the system calls process_vm_readv and + process_vm_writev which allow a process with the correct privileges + to directly read from or write to to another process's address space. + See the man page for more details. + config FHANDLE bool "open by fhandle syscalls" select EXPORTFS diff -puN mm/Kconfig~mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig mm/Kconfig --- a/mm/Kconfig~mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig +++ a/mm/Kconfig @@ -430,16 +430,6 @@ choice benefit. endchoice -config CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH - bool "Cross Memory Support" - depends on MMU - default y - help - Enabling this option adds the system calls process_vm_readv and - process_vm_writev which allow a process with the correct privileges - to directly read from or write to to another process's address space. - See the man page for more details. - # # UP and nommu archs use km based percpu allocator # _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from koct9i@xxxxxxxxx are tools-vm-page-typesc-catch-sigbus-if-raced-with-truncate.patch mm-process_vm_access-move-config-option-into-init-kconfig.patch linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html