linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] restrict /dev/mem to idle io memory ranges

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Message-Id: <20151124164711.0cb9ecdbba2fc729273f3240@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:47:11 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] restrict /dev/mem to idle io memory ranges

On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:34:19 -0800 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:

> > IOW, a very good description of the problem-being-solved would help out
> > a lot here...
> 
> I'll fold the eventual result of this discussion into the changelog if
> I can convince you it's worth moving forward.

I'm easily convinced ;) Please let's get all the info into the right
place, make sure it answers the thus-far-asked questions (at least) and
we'll take it from there.

And please do have a think about switching as much as possible over to
runtime-configurability.  Because "please echo foo > /proc" is a heck
of a lot nicer than "please reboot with iomem=" which is a heck of a lot
nicer than "please ask vendor for a new kernel".

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