On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Why? Either it works or it doesn't.
>
> If it works it doesn't make any sense to have a sysctl.
BS.
It "works" exactly like mmap() at NULL "works".
It is a potential security leak, because x86-64 screwed up the
architecture definition in this area. So it should definitely be
disabled by default, exactly like mmap_min_addr is non-zero by
default.
Linus
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