Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: mmap: Add new /proc tunable for mmap_base ASLR. | From | Daniel Cashman <> | Date | Wed, 4 Nov 2015 11:36:07 -0800 |
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On 11/4/15 11:21 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> writes: > >> On Tue 03-11-15 10:10:03, Daniel Cashman wrote: >> [...] >>> +This value can be changed after boot using the >>> +/proc/sys/kernel/mmap_rnd_bits tunable >> >> Why is this not sitting in /proc/sys/vm/ where we already have >> mmap_min_addr. These two sound like they should sit together, no? > > Ugh. Yes. Moving that file before it becomes part of the ABI sounds > like a good idea. Daniel when you get around to v3 please move the > file.
To answer the first question: it was put there because that's where randomize_va_space is located, which seemed to me to be the most-related/similar option. That being said, moving it under vm works too. Will change for patch-set 3.
Thank You, Dan
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