On 11/4/15 11:21 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Michal Hocko <mho...@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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
