On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 14:15:10 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 01:02:21PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > > I've been bitten recently by mcelog not working on machines started in > > secure boot mode. mcelog tries to read DMI information from /dev/mem > > and fails to open it. > > What do you mean by "secure boot"? Is this matthew's patchset that > restricts /dev/mem/ or something else?
I mean that early in the kernel log is: Secure boot enabled and kernel locked down > > This made me wonder: if not even root can read /dev/mem (nor, I > > suppose, /dev/kmem and /dev/port) in secure boot mode, why are we > > creating these device nodes at all in the first place? Can't we detect > > that we are in secure boot mode and skip that step, and reap the rewards > > (faster boot, lower memory footprint and less confusion)? > > Sure, feel free to not register it at all if the mode is enabled. > > thanks, > > greg k-h -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support