Merge branch 'linus' into core/generic-dma-coherent

Conflicts:

	arch/x86/Kconfig

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index ae36bfa814e..092f019e033 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
 
 source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
 
-config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
+config STRICT_DEVMEM
 	bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
 	help
-	  If this option is left off, you allow userspace 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.
+	  be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support
+	  enabled, even in this case there are restrictions on /dev/mem
+	  use due to the cache aliasing requirements.
 
 	  If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
 	  userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
@@ -287,7 +289,6 @@ config CPA_DEBUG
 
 config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
 	bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
-	depends on BROKEN
 	help
 	  This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
 	  developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
@@ -298,5 +299,7 @@ config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
 	  become the default in the future, until then this option is there to
 	  test gcc for this.
 
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
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