From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK help text
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:20:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080207222023.GA31437@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ada8x1wa05p.fsf@cisco.com>
* Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> wrote:
> CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y means that heap randomization is turned off, so
> it's *always* a safe choice. I assume the help text is trying to say
> that if one does not run ancient binaries, then enabling heap
> randomization is safe.
> - On non-ancient distros (post-2000 ones) Y is usually a safe choice.
> + On non-ancient distros (post-2000 ones) N is usually a safe choice.
yeah - this typo fix is already in x86.git.
Ingo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-07 22:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-07 22:09 [PATCH] Fix CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK help text Roland Dreier
2008-02-07 22:20 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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