From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE2BC433DB for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:34:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24036192D for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:34:50 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B24036192D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=suse.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 81DAC6B00BE; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:15:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 7A8886B00C2; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:15:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 5ABCF6B00C3; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:15:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0088.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.88]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C0AC6B00BE for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:15:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin39.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay05.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F5CC1802611F for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:34:49 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77947605498.39.8139E17 Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by imf26.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F1140B8CD5 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:34:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.com; s=susede1; t=1616420080; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=HSxcCkw3NharzeqcaK7lfwztxexHagneUyDj2xFjooQ=; b=s+zfXRcNQTrGm9iQv2po+CETGteQRXEJy6BDXOSc1cQZoI4AmzAcdjrfacz/ov7cz6vhxB 83k0cAwXd8YKfB3FlsblBhCzUrwJSugY/zneZMRV963PRhcmvpI8/JG65D5lIzvjMqmU2c uICW7bm0h4n3RngKb9+H8MFKWwp9qQI= Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.221.27]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D6BAD4A; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:34:35 +0100 From: Michal Hocko To: Linus Torvalds Cc: David Hildenbrand , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux-MM , "Alexander A. Klimov" , Alexander Viro , Alexandre Belloni , Andrew Lunn , Andrew Morton , Andrey Zhizhikin , Arnd Bergmann , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Brian Cain , Christian Borntraeger , Christophe Leroy , Chris Zankel , Corentin Labbe , "David S. Miller" , "Eric W. Biederman" , Geert Uytterhoeven , Gerald Schaefer , Greentime Hu , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Gregory Clement , Heiko Carstens , Helge Deller , Hillf Danton , huang ying , Ingo Molnar , Ivan Kokshaysky , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Jiaxun Yang , Jonas Bonn , Jonathan Corbet , Kairui Song , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Kuninori Morimoto , Linux API , Liviu Dudau , Lorenzo Pieralisi , Luc Van Oostenryck , Luis Chamberlain , Matthew Wilcox , Matt Turner , Max Filippov , Michael Ellerman , Mike Rapoport , Mikulas Patocka , Minchan Kim , Niklas Schnelle , Oleksiy Avramchenko , Palmer Dabbelt , Paul Mackerras , "Pavel Machek (CIP)" , Pavel Machek , "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" , Pierre Morel , Randy Dunlap , Richard Henderson , Rich Felker , Robert Richter , Rob Herring , Russell King , Sam Ravnborg , Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Stafford Horne , Stefan Kristiansson , Steven Rostedt , Sudeep Holla , Theodore Dubois , Thomas Bogendoerfer , Thomas Gleixner , Vasily Gorbik , Viresh Kumar , William Cohen , Xiaoming Ni , Yoshinori Sato Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good Message-ID: References: <20210319143452.25948-1-david@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Stat-Signature: x7n7untt91f6k1zyquaqjy9y7znxkgt9 X-Rspamd-Server: rspam05 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: C9F1140B8CD5 Received-SPF: none (suse.com>: No applicable sender policy available) receiver=imf26; identity=mailfrom; envelope-from=""; helo=mx2.suse.de; client-ip=195.135.220.15 X-HE-DKIM-Result: pass/pass X-HE-Tag: 1616420081-924793 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Fri 19-03-21 10:14:02, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:35 AM David Hildenbrand 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. SLES (starting from 15sp2) and OpenSUSE kernels have it disabled as well. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs