Re: [PATCH] x86, kernel: make dump_pagetables a tristate

[Arjan van de Ven]

On 6/29/2013 9:05 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> Being able to examine page tables is handy, so make this a module that
> can be loaded as needed.

I personally don't think this is a good idea due to the various
security/etc implications of this feature... should really just
be off for non-debug kernels, not "off unless you load the module"


> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_level4_pgt);
> +#else
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(swapper_pg_dir);
> +#endif

like these really have no business in any module




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