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SubjectRe: [PATCH] memory:bugxfix panic on cat or write /dev/kmem
On Sat 25-06-16 09:20:06, Chenjie (K) wrote:
>
>
> On 2016/6/23 20:42, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Fri 24-06-16 01:30:10, chenjie6@huawei.com wrote:
> > > From: chenjie <chenjie6@huawei.com>
> > >
> > > cat /dev/kmem and echo > /dev/kmem will lead panic
> >
> > Writing to /dev/kmem without being extremely careful is a disaster AFAIK
> > and even reading from the file can lead to unexpected results. Anyway
> > I am trying to understand what exactly you are trying to fix here. Why
> > writing to/reading from zero pfn should be any special wrt. any other
> > potentially dangerous addresses
> >
>
> cat /dev/mem not panic. cat /dev/kmem, just the user's operation for
> nothing.

I am sorry, but I do not follow. Could you be more specific please?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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