Re: [PATCH] Allow Kconfig to set default mmap_min_addr protection

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Dec 21 2007 22:16, Willy Tarreau wrote:
>Hi Jan,
>
>> >> >+config SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
>> >> >+        int "Low address space to protect from user allocation"
>> >> 
>> >> Hm, should not this be 'hex'?
>> >
>> >I guess it could be, but the input for /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr is
>> >base 10 as well
>> 
>> sysfs is autobase, i.e. echo "0xb000" >/sys/foo will Do The Right Thing.
>
>yes but if you cat  /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr, it returns in base 10.

sysfs should probably be tuned to output it in a preferred base.
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