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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 29 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 8ee925c..89a887c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - min_slab_ratio - min_unmapped_ratio - mmap_min_addr +- mmap_rnd_bits +- mmap_rnd_compat_bits - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) @@ -485,6 +487,33 @@ against future potential kernel bugs. ============================================================== +mmap_rnd_bits: + +This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to +determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions +resulting from mmap allocations on architectures which support +tuning address space randomization. This value will be bounded +by the architecture's minimum and maximum supported values. + +This value can be changed after boot using the +/proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_bits tunable + +============================================================== + +mmap_rnd_compat_bits: + +This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to +determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions +resulting from mmap allocations for applications run in +compatibility mode on architectures which support tuning address +space randomization. This value will be bounded by the +architecture's minimum and maximum supported values. + +This value can be changed after boot using the +/proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_compat_bits tunable + +============================================================== + nr_hugepages Change the minimum size of the hugepage pool. |