From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix mmap_kmem (was: [question] What's the difference between /dev/km
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:35:44 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0508121434001.10689@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200508121422_MC3-1-A70F-D742@compuserve.com>
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Even with Steven's patch applied, root cannot read from /dev/kmem with the
> following program, which works on 2.6.9. "Invalid argument" means that the
> "fd is attached to an object that is unsuitable for reading."
>
Yeah, I noticed this too. But my programs were only mmaping kmem, and not
reading it, so I didn't bother to fix that. When I get a chance, I could
also look into that too. But I guess the next thing to do is send in a
patch that makes kmem a config option, with the default off.
-- Steve
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2005-08-12 18:18 Chuck Ebbert
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