From f2d0f1dea41fd6c7a347e71b505a155096643517 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:04:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86: Fix help message for STRICT_DEVMEM config option The message talked about "left on" when it meant to say disabled. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index 85a87d2ac0c..092f019e033 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug" config STRICT_DEVMEM bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" help - If this option is left on, you allow userspace (root) access to all + If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support -- 2.41.1