Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:11:52 +0200 (CEST) | | From | Jiri Kosina <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] doc: missing value 2 for randomize-va-space |
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On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Horst Schirmeier wrote:
> The documentation for /proc/sys/kernel/* does not mention the possible > value 2 for randomize-va-space (but already mentions what it does).
Hmm, while you are at it ...
> Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > index 322a00b..b2af4ef 100644 > --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ that support this feature. > loaded to random addresses. Also for PIE-linked binaries, the location > of code start is randomized. > > - With heap randomization, the situation is a little bit more > +2 - With heap randomization, the situation is a little bit more > complicated. > There a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient
... would you please fix this typo/grammo as well? (There a few ...)
> versions of libc.so.5 from 1996) that assume that brk area starts
Also, the text itself doesn't seem to be super-clear ... namely, it describes what CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is about, but doesn't really clarify how exactly does this correlate with randomize_va_space == 2. Would you mind also fixing this bit?
Thanks,
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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