From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:14:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg1HTbXkjdMYA4zADEiE8HwpZ0=uWy0ujZTJYVT-KCehQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210319143452.25948-1-david@redhat.com>
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:35 AM David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Let's start a discussion if /dev/kmem is worth keeping around and
> fixing/maintaining or if we should just remove it now for good.
I'll happily do this for the next merge window, but would really want
distros to confirm that they don't enable it.
I can confirm that it's certainly not enabled on any of the machines I
have, but..
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-19 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-19 14:34 [PATCH RFC 0/3] drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good David Hildenbrand
2021-03-19 14:34 ` [PATCH RFC 1/3] " David Hildenbrand
2021-03-22 13:35 ` Michal Hocko
2021-04-05 17:16 ` Kees Cook
2021-03-19 14:34 ` [PATCH RFC 2/3] mm: remove xlate_dev_kmem_ptr() David Hildenbrand
2021-03-19 14:54 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-03-19 14:34 ` [PATCH RFC 3/3] mm/vmalloc: remove vwrite() David Hildenbrand
2021-03-22 13:36 ` Michal Hocko
2021-03-19 14:45 ` [PATCH RFC 0/3] drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good David Hildenbrand
2021-03-19 17:14 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2021-03-19 17:33 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2021-03-31 15:08 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-03-31 15:19 ` Michal Hocko
2021-03-19 18:55 ` James Troup
2021-03-22 9:57 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-03-22 13:34 ` Michal Hocko
2021-03-19 18:10 ` Steven Rostedt
2021-03-22 10:08 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-03-22 15:18 ` Steven Rostedt
2021-03-23 13:16 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-03-23 13:44 ` David Hildenbrand
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