Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 7:35 AM David Hildenbrand [off-list ref] wrote:

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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.

FWIW, it's been disabled in Ubuntu for over 10 years now:

 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Features#A.2Fdev.2Fkmem_disabled

-- 
James