From 411f05f123cbd7f8aa1edcae86970755a6e2a9d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 23:00:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] vsprintf: Turn kptr_restrict off by default kptr_restrict has been triggering bugs in apps such as perf, and it also makes the system less useful by default, so turn it off by default. This is how we generally handle security features that remove functionality, such as firewall code or SELinux - they have to be configured and activated from user-space. Distributions can turn kptr_restrict on again via this line in /etc/sysctrl.conf: kernel.kptr_restrict = 1 ( Also mark the variable __read_mostly while at it, as it's typically modified only once per bootup, or not at all. ) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- lib/vsprintf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index bc0ac6b333dc..dfd60192bc2e 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ char *uuid_string(char *buf, char *end, const u8 *addr, return string(buf, end, uuid, spec); } -int kptr_restrict = 1; +int kptr_restrict __read_mostly; /* * Show a '%p' thing. A kernel extension is that the '%p' is followed -- 2.34.1