Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756474AbZGCKYn (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:24:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753409AbZGCKYf (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:24:35 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:59132 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752982AbZGCKYe (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:24:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:24:31 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Jiri Kosina Cc: Horst Schirmeier , rdunlap@xenotime.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: missing value 2 for randomize-va-space Message-ID: <20090703102431.GC32128@elte.hu> References: <20090702152338.GU26384@quickstop.soohrt.org> <20090703000523.GX26384@quickstop.soohrt.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1761 Lines: 50 * Jiri Kosina wrote: > > [ added Ingo to CC ] > > On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Horst Schirmeier wrote: > > > On Fri, 03 Jul 2009, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > > There a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient > > > > > > ... would you please fix this typo/grammo as well? (There a few ...) > > > > > > > versions of libc.so.5 from 1996) that assume that brk area starts > > > > > > Also, the text itself doesn't seem to be super-clear ... namely, it > > > describes what CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is about, but doesn't really clarify how > > > exactly does this correlate with randomize_va_space == 2. Would you mind > > > also fixing this bit? > > > > I hope I didn't misread the sources :-) Opinions? > > > > --- > > > > The documentation for /proc/sys/kernel/* does not mention the possible > > value 2 for randomize-va-space yet. While being there, doing some > > reformatting, fixing grammar problems and clarifying the correlations > > between randomize-va-space, kernel parameter "norandmaps" and the > > CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK option. > > > > Signed-off-by: Horst Schirmeier > > Acked-by: Jiri Kosina > > Ingo, will you take this through your tree? > > > > > --- > > Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 30 +++++++++++++++++------------- > > 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) This could go to your or Randy's docs tree, right? (would be fine by me) Ingo -- 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/