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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

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

-Brad

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

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