linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: remove hack in mmap randomize layout

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Message-Id: <20111017.175141.1489173261757833533.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:51:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dpmcgee@...il.com
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	paulus@...ba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: remove hack in mmap randomize layout

From: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:17:36 -0500

> Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63bc45e301, this comment in mmap_rnd() does not
> hold true as the value returned by get_random_int() will in fact be
> different every single call. Remove the comment and simplify the code
> back to its original desired form.
> 
> This reverts commit a5adc91a4b44b5d1 which is no longer necessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@...il.com>

Can you please fix up all the other architectures which use the same
logic, because they have simply copied over what powerpc does?

At a minimum, Sparc has two such locations.
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