From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932409AbVHaLvu (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:51:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932416AbVHaLvu (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:51:50 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:10170 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932409AbVHaLvt (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:51:49 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Implement shared page tables From: Arjan van de Ven To: Hugh Dickins Cc: Dave McCracken , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel , Linux Memory Management In-Reply-To: References: <7C49DFF721CB4E671DB260F9@[10.1.1.4]> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:51:17 +0200 Message-Id: <1125489077.3213.12.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.9 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 2.8 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:44 +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote: > I was going to say, doesn't randomize_va_space take away the rest of > the point? But no, it appears "randomize_va_space", as it currently > appears in mainline anyway, is somewhat an exaggeration: it just shifts > the stack a little, with no effect on the rest of the va space. it also randomizes mmaps