[PATCH][RFC] 2.5.42: remove capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) check from open_kmem

From: Olaf Dietsche (olaf.dietsche#list.linux-kernel@t-online.de)
Date: Sun Oct 13 2002 - 07:46:28 EST


In drivers/char/mem.c there's open_port(), which is used as open_mem()
and open_kmem() as well. I don't see the benefit of this, since
/dev/mem and /dev/kmem are already protected by filesystem
permissions.

mem.c, line 526:
static int open_port(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
{
        return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM;
}

If anyone knows, why this is done this way, please let me
know. Otherwise, I suggest the patch below.

Regards, Olaf.

--- a/drivers/char/mem.c Sat Oct 5 18:44:55 2002
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c Sun Oct 13 13:59:25 2002
@@ -533,15 +533,12 @@
 #define full_lseek null_lseek
 #define write_zero write_null
 #define read_full read_zero
-#define open_mem open_port
-#define open_kmem open_mem
 
 static struct file_operations mem_fops = {
         llseek: memory_lseek,
         read: read_mem,
         write: write_mem,
         mmap: mmap_mem,
- open: open_mem,
 };
 
 static struct file_operations kmem_fops = {
@@ -549,7 +546,6 @@
         read: read_kmem,
         write: write_kmem,
         mmap: mmap_kmem,
- open: open_kmem,
 };
 
 static struct file_operations null_fops = {
-
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