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From:   Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 5 Mar 2020 23:54:00 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] xtensa/mm: Stop printing the virtual memory layout
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
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On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:11 AM Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> For security, don't display the kernel's virtual memory layout.

Given that primary users of xtensa linux kernels are developers
removing this information, and even disabling it by default doesn't
sound reasonable to me.

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max