Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:07:38 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add dev.mem.restricted sysctl |
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:03:43 +0100 Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> wrote:
> When CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is set, live debugging is not possible with the > crash utility (see http://people.redhat.com/~anderson). For distributors > who ship a generic kernel it's difficult: Disabling CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM > is possible, but in general the protection provided by CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM > is useful. However, live debugging should be still neceessary.
Why not just turn strictmem off - as you've correctly demonstrated its completely useless and always was.
A switchable configurable piece of turd is still at the end of the day a piece of turd.
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