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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index d1842fe756d5..5ffe144c9794 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1483,6 +1483,55 @@ config PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT
See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information.
+source "samples/Kconfig"
+
+config ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
+ bool
+
+config STRICT_DEVMEM
+ bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
+ depends on MMU && DEVMEM
+ depends on ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
+ default y if PPC || X86 || ARM64
+ help
+ 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. 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, and IO_STRICT_DEVMEM=n, the /dev/mem
+ file only allows userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and
+ data regions. This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common
+ users of /dev/mem.
+
+ If in doubt, say Y.
+
+config IO_STRICT_DEVMEM
+ bool "Filter I/O access to /dev/mem"
+ depends on STRICT_DEVMEM
+ help
+ If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
+ io-memory regardless of whether a driver is actively using that
+ range. Accidental access to this is obviously disastrous, but
+ specific access can be used by people debugging kernel drivers.
+
+ If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
+ userspace access to *idle* io-memory ranges (see /proc/iomem) This
+ may break traditional users of /dev/mem (dosemu, legacy X, etc...)
+ if the driver using a given range cannot be disabled.
+
+ If in doubt, say Y.
+
+menu "$(SRCARCH) Debugging"
+
+source "arch/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig.debug"
+
+endmenu
+
+menu "Kernel Testing and Coverage"
+
source "lib/kunit/Kconfig"
config NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION
@@ -1643,10 +1692,6 @@ config FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER
help
Provide stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities
-endmenu # "Kernel Testing and Coverage"
-
-menu "Kernel Testing and Coverage"
-
config ARCH_HAS_KCOV
bool
help
@@ -2130,52 +2175,7 @@ config MEMTEST
memtest=17, mean do 17 test patterns.
If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
-source "samples/Kconfig"
-
-config ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
- bool
-
-config STRICT_DEVMEM
- bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
- depends on MMU && DEVMEM
- depends on ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
- default y if PPC || X86 || ARM64
- ---help---
- 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. 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, and IO_STRICT_DEVMEM=n, the /dev/mem
- file only allows userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and
- data regions. This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common
- users of /dev/mem.
-
- If in doubt, say Y.
-config IO_STRICT_DEVMEM
- bool "Filter I/O access to /dev/mem"
- depends on STRICT_DEVMEM
- ---help---
- If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
- io-memory regardless of whether a driver is actively using that
- range. Accidental access to this is obviously disastrous, but
- specific access can be used by people debugging kernel drivers.
-
- If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
- userspace access to *idle* io-memory ranges (see /proc/iomem) This
- may break traditional users of /dev/mem (dosemu, legacy X, etc...)
- if the driver using a given range cannot be disabled.
-
- If in doubt, say Y.
-
-menu "$(SRCARCH) Debugging"
-
-source "arch/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig.debug"
-
-endmenu
config HYPERV_TESTING
bool "Microsoft Hyper-V driver testing"
@@ -2184,4 +2184,6 @@ config HYPERV_TESTING
help
Select this option to enable Hyper-V vmbus testing.
+endmenu # "Kernel Testing and Coverage"
+
endmenu # Kernel hacking