On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Even with Steven's patch applied, root cannot read from /dev/kmem with the
> following program, which works on 2.6.9. "Invalid argument" means that the
> "fd is attached to an object that is unsuitable for reading."
>
Yeah, I noticed this too. But my programs were only mmaping kmem, and not
reading it, so I didn't bother to fix that. When I get a chance, I could
also look into that too. But I guess the next thing to do is send in a
patch that makes kmem a config option, with the default off.
-- Steve
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