At Thursday 07 February 2008 around 12:23:50 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > @@ -541,6 +541,18 @@ config ELF_CORE > > help > > Enable support for generating core dumps. Disabling saves about > > 4k. > > +config COMPAT_BRK > > + bool "Disable heap randomization" > > + default y > > + help > > + Randomizing heap placement makes heap exploits harder, but it > > + also breaks ancient binaries (including anything libc5 based). > > + This option changes the bootup default to heap randomization > > + disabled, and can be overriden runtime by setting > > + /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space to 2. > > + > > + On non-ancient distros (post-2000 ones) Y is usually a safe > > choice. > > Somehow my belly feeling tells me something is wrong with this > description... > > Ah, a negative option (Y -> disable). So Y is always safe. > > `non-ancient distros' really means `recent distros', and if you have one, > then _N_ should be a safe choice, too?
This indeed looks wrong. The default should be N and the text should say "On recent distros (post-2000 ones) N is usually a safe choice". Regards, ismail -- Never learn by your mistakes, if you do you may never dare to try again. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
