* [PATCH] Fix CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK help text
@ 2008-02-07 22:09 Roland Dreier
2008-02-07 22:20 ` Ingo Molnar
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Roland Dreier @ 2008-02-07 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ingo Molnar; +Cc: linux-kernel
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.
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
---
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 95ac265..242ce32 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ config COMPAT_BRK
disabled, and can be overriden runtime by setting
/proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space to 2.
- 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.
config BASE_FULL
default y
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* Re: [PATCH] Fix CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK help text
2008-02-07 22:09 [PATCH] Fix CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK help text Roland Dreier
@ 2008-02-07 22:20 ` Ingo Molnar
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ingo Molnar @ 2008-02-07 22:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Roland Dreier; +Cc: linux-kernel
* 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
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