hdparm problem

[cmouse]

I have grsecurity-2.0-rc3-2.4.22 patch and hdparm v5.4.

Now I try to enable DMA mode as normal (this used to work) by typing
hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda

Result:
/dev/hda:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
using_dma = 0 (off)

Problem with grsecurity patch or linux kernel?

A.1. grsecurity config
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_GRIP is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TURBOGRAFX is not set
# Cryptographic options
# Grsecurity
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_LOW is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_MID is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HI is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CUSTOM=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_NOEXEC is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_KERNEXEC=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_ASLR=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_RANDKSTACK=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_RANDUSTACK=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_RANDMMAP=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_KMEM=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_IO is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_MEMMAP=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HIDESYM=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_HIDEKERN=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_MAXTRIES=3
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_TIMEOUT=30
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USER is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USERGROUP=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_GID=50
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_ADD=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_LINK=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FIFO=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MOUNT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_DOUBLE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_PIVOT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHDIR=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHMOD=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FCHDIR=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MKNOD=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SHMAT=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_UNIX=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FINDTASK=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_NICE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CAPS=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_GROUP is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_EXECLOG is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RESLOG is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_EXECLOG is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_CHDIR is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_MOUNT is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_IPC is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SIGNAL is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FORKFAIL is not set
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TIME is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_IPADDR=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_EXECVE=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_DMESG=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDPID=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TPE is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDNET=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDISN=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDID=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDSRC=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDRPC=y
# CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET is not set
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODTIME=10
CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODBURST=4

[spender]

I'm using a similar config to yours with no problems. Do you see any logs related to grsec?

-Brad

[Julien TINNES]

Another user mentioned similar problem on IRC, and it was not due to grsecurity, but to 2.4.22 kernel.

[cmouse]

Perhaps I'll just mail kernel support then... Sorry abt this, no messages related to grsec found. It's most likely kernel problem. Thanks