Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757085AbYJMSFQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:05:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755750AbYJMSE6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:04:58 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:56582 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755551AbYJMSE5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:04:57 -0400 X-Authenticated: #20450766 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18CWZkg3cwCUYMqTPZB+6T6guRLnJT5uIuRhSKkl2 bDwzTHr1YU2qU2 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:05:09 +0200 (CEST) From: Guennadi Liakhovetski To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rog=E9rio?= Brito cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: enable heap randomization for linkstations In-Reply-To: <20081013045116.GA11637@ime.usp.br> Message-ID: References: <20081013040703.GA11059@ime.usp.br> <20081013045116.GA11637@ime.usp.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2282 Lines: 70 On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > The current defconfig for Linkstation/Kuroboxes has the "Disable Heap > Randomization" option enabled. > > Since some of these machines are facing the internet, it helps to have > heap randomization enabled. This patch enables it. Same as the previous patch - this is one of options, that users select according to their needs. If any specific distribution enables this option by default in their kernels, they can do this too, don't think this is critical enough to patch the defconfig. Thanks Guennadi > > > Signed-off-by: Rog?rio Brito > > --- > > --- linux/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig.old 2008-10-13 00:33:00.000000000 -0300 > +++ linux/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig 2008-10-13 01:11:28.000000000 -0300 > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > # > # Automatically generated make config: don't edit > -# Linux kernel version: 2.6.27-rc4 > -# Thu Aug 21 00:52:05 2008 > +# Linux kernel version: 2.6.27 > +# Mon Oct 13 01:11:21 2008 > # > # CONFIG_PPC64 is not set > > @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y > CONFIG_PRINTK=y > CONFIG_BUG=y > CONFIG_ELF_CORE=y > -CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y > +# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set > CONFIG_BASE_FULL=y > CONFIG_FUTEX=y > CONFIG_ANON_INODES=y > @@ -1211,7 +1211,6 @@ CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m > # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ALAUDA is not set > # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ONETOUCH is not set > # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_KARMA is not set > -# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SIERRA is not set > # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_CYPRESS_ATACB is not set > # CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL is not set > > > -- > Rog?rio Brito : rbrito@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 > http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito > Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev > --- Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D. Freelance Open-Source Software Developer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/