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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index ae36bfa814e..f0cf5d99079 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT source "lib/Kconfig.debug" -config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM - bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" +config PROMISC_DEVMEM + bool "Allow unlimited access to /dev/mem" + default y help - If this option is left off, you allow userspace access to all + If this option is left on, you allow userspace (root) access to all of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can be used by people debugging the kernel. |