Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n

From	Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n
Date	2016-10-07 04:10 +0200
Message-ID	<spsLM-1l4-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Kconfig comment suggests setting it as "n" if in doubt thus move the
default value to 'n'.

Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
 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
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
 	  /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain

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Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> - 2016-10-07 04:10 +0200
  Re: Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-07 06:10 +0200
    Re: Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-10-07 19:10 +0200
    Re: Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> - 2016-10-10 04:50 +0200
      Re: Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> - 2016-10-10 05:00 +0200
        Re: Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-10 07:20 +0200
          Re: Change CONFIG_DEVKMEM default value to n Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> - 2016-10-10 07:40 +0200

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