linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc: missing value 2 for randomize-va-space

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Message-ID: <20090703102431.GC32128@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:24:31 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Horst Schirmeier <horst@...irmeier.com>, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: missing value 2 for randomize-va-space


* Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:

> 
> [ added Ingo to CC ]
> 
> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Horst Schirmeier wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 03 Jul 2009, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > > >      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?
> > 
> > I hope I didn't misread the sources :-)  Opinions?
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > The documentation for /proc/sys/kernel/* does not mention the possible
> > value 2 for randomize-va-space yet.  While being there, doing some
> > reformatting, fixing grammar problems and clarifying the correlations
> > between randomize-va-space, kernel parameter "norandmaps" and the
> > CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK option.
> >                                                     
> > Signed-off-by: Horst Schirmeier <horst@...irmeier.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> 
> Ingo, will you take this through your tree?
> 
> > 
> > ---
> >  Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt |   30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
> >  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

This could go to your or Randy's docs tree, right? (would be fine by 
me)

	Ingo
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