linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm/process_vm_access: move config option into init/Kconfig

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Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 18:13:13 +0400
From:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>
To:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] 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@...il.com>
---
 init/Kconfig |   10 ++++++++++
 mm/Kconfig   |   10 ----------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 9d3585b..d6ddb7a 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/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 --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 1b5a95f..2ec35d7 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/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
 #

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