The patch titled Subject: lib/Kconfig.debug: make CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM depend on CONFIG_DEVMEM has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is let-config_strict_devmem-depends-on-config_devmem.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/let-config_strict_devmem-depends-on-config_devmem.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/let-config_strict_devmem-depends-on-config_devmem.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: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/Kconfig.debug: make CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM depend on CONFIG_DEVMEM With CONFIG_DEVMEM not set, CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM will be useless even if it is set =y, thus let's update the dependency in Kconfig. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161006051217.GA31027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/Kconfig.debug | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN lib/Kconfig.debug~let-config_strict_devmem-depends-on-config_devmem lib/Kconfig.debug --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug~let-config_strict_devmem-depends-on-config_devmem +++ a/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ config ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED config STRICT_DEVMEM bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" - depends on MMU + depends on MMU && DEVMEM depends on ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED default y if TILE || PPC ---help--- _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx are let-config_strict_devmem-depends-on-config_devmem.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