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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, crash-utility@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Remove CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:46:57 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081116154657.6629e6bf@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081116162149.07f05c7c@kopernikus.site>

> if just that patch doesn't make it, well, ok for me. I just think
> CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is superfluous when the runtime configuration
> option is present.

It should always be "N" because the only other option means "add
pointless code of no value whatsoever"

Which means strict_devmem really belongs in the bitbucket as a bad idea

Alan



  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-16 15:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-16 14:47 Turn CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM in sysctl dev.mem.restricted Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 14:47 ` [PATCH 1/3] Unify devmem_is_allowed across architectures Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 14:47 ` [PATCH 2/3] Add dev.mem.restricted sysctl Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 15:07   ` Willy Tarreau
2008-11-16 14:47 ` [PATCH 3/3] Remove CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 15:09   ` Alan Cox
2008-11-16 15:21     ` Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 15:46       ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-11-17 13:57     ` David Howells
2008-11-16 15:07 ` Turn CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM in sysctl dev.mem.restricted Alan Cox
2008-11-16 15:20   ` Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 15:45     ` Alan Cox
2008-11-16 16:03       ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-11-16 16:09         ` Alan Cox
2008-11-16 16:19         ` Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 16:11       ` Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 17:03         ` Alan Cox
2008-11-16 15:39 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-11-16 15:56   ` Bernhard Walle
2008-11-16 16:06     ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-11-16 20:32   ` H. Peter Anvin

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