Re: Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 10:04:11AM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> Kconfig comment suggests setting it as "n" if in doubt thus move the
> default value to 'n'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/char/Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- linux-x86.orig/drivers/char/Kconfig
> +++ linux-x86/drivers/char/Kconfig
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config DEVMEM
>  
>  config DEVKMEM
>  	bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
> -	default y
> +	default n

If you remove the "default" line, it defaults to 'n'.

And is it really "safe" to default this to n now?

thanks,

greg k-h