The documentation for /proc/sys/kernel/* does not mention the possible value 2 for randomize-va-space (but already mentions what it does). Signed-off-by: Horst Schirmeier <horst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 322a00b..b2af4ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ that support this feature. loaded to random addresses. Also for PIE-linked binaries, the location of code start is randomized. - With heap randomization, the situation is a little bit more +2 - With heap randomization, the situation is a little bit more complicated. There a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient versions of libc.so.5 from 1996) that assume that brk area starts -- PGP-Key 0xD40E0E7A -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html