[PATCH] powerpc/mm: remove hack in mmap randomize layout

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Tue Oct 18 10:09:23 EST 2011


From: Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:05:23 -0500

> Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63bc45e301, this comment in mmap_rnd() does not
> hold true as the value returned by get_random_int() will in fact be
> different every single call. Remove the comment and simplify the code
> back to its original desired form.
> 
> This reverts commit a5adc91a4b44b5d1 which is no longer necessary and
> also fixes the sparc code that copied this same adjustment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com>

For sparc part:

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>


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