[PATCH 2/3] doc: update kpt_restrict documentation

From: Tobin C. Harding
Date: Thu Dec 07 2017 - 17:29:15 EST


Recently the behaviour of printk specifier %pK was changed. The
documentation does not currently mirror this.

Update documentation for sysctl kpt_restrict.

Reported-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@xxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 694968c7523c..1698cd2ef16b 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ kptr_restrict:
This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on
exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces.

-When kptr_restrict is set to (0), the default, there are no restrictions.
+When kptr_restrict is set to (0), the default, the address is hashed before
+printing. (This is the equivalent to %p.)

When kptr_restrict is set to (1), kernel pointers printed using the %pK
format specifier will be replaced with 0's unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG
--
2.7.4