Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good

[James Troup]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:35 AM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.

FWIW, it's been disabled in Ubuntu for over 10 years now:

 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Features#A.2Fdev.2Fkmem_disabled

-- 
James