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Author: jamie
Date: Sat Jul  6 00:10:52 2013
New Revision: 252855
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/252855

Log:
  Make the comments a little more clear about PRIV_KMEM_*, explicitly
  referring to /dev/[k]mem and noting it's about opening the files rather
  than actually reading and writing.
  
  Reviewed by:	jmallett

Modified:
  head/sys/kern/kern_priv.c
  head/sys/sys/priv.h

Modified: head/sys/kern/kern_priv.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/kern_priv.c	Fri Jul  5 23:40:08 2013	(r252854)
+++ head/sys/kern/kern_priv.c	Sat Jul  6 00:10:52 2013	(r252855)
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ priv_check_cred(struct ucred *cred, int 
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Writes to kernel memory are a typical root-only operation,
-	 * but non-root users are expected to be able to read it.
+	 * Writes to kernel/physical memory are a typical root-only operation,
+	 * but non-root users are expected to be able to read it (provided they
+	 * have permission to access /dev/[k]mem).
 	 */
 	if (priv == PRIV_KMEM_READ) {
 		error = 0;

Modified: head/sys/sys/priv.h
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/sys/priv.h	Fri Jul  5 23:40:08 2013	(r252854)
+++ head/sys/sys/priv.h	Sat Jul  6 00:10:52 2013	(r252855)
@@ -494,10 +494,10 @@
 #define	PRIV_RCTL_REMOVE_RULE	674
 
 /*
- * Kernel memory privileges.
+ * mem(4) privileges.
  */
-#define	PRIV_KMEM_READ		680	/* Read from kernel memory. */
-#define	PRIV_KMEM_WRITE		681	/* Write to kernel memory. */
+#define	PRIV_KMEM_READ		680	/* Open mem/kmem for reading. */
+#define	PRIV_KMEM_WRITE		681	/* Open mem/kmem for writing. */
 
 /*
  * Track end of privilege list.