Re: [PATCH][v2] Enable CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM support for Powerpc

2011-12-01 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
Benjamin Herrenschmidt [b...@kernel.crashing.org] wrote: | And an additional comment regarding the rtas bit: | > +int devmem_is_allowed(unsigned long pfn) | > +{ | > + if (iomem_is_exclusive(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT)) | > + return 0; | > + if (!page_is_ram(pfn)) | > + return 1; | >

Re: [PATCH][v2] Enable CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM support for Powerpc

2011-12-01 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
And an additional comment regarding the rtas bit: > #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR > void arch_free_page(struct page *page, int order); > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c > index d5ca823..07cf2cf 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/

Re: [PATCH][v2] Enable CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM support for Powerpc

2011-12-01 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 16:11 -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > >From aebed2e9fb9fba7dd0a34595780b828d7a545ba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:12:08 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH 1/1][v2] Enable CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM support for Powerpc. > > As described

[PATCH][v2] Enable CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM support for Powerpc

2011-12-01 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
>From aebed2e9fb9fba7dd0a34595780b828d7a545ba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:12:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/1][v2] Enable CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM support for Powerpc. As described in the help text in the patch, this token restricts general access to /dev