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authorSohil Mehta <[email protected]>2023-01-11 19:32:11 +0000
committerJonathan Corbet <[email protected]>2023-01-19 14:46:50 -0700
commit17f0669cfff88519fc05e32f78e8f5064c72727d (patch)
treec399972a0ff0befb8156bf96b40980255b209abd
parentcac02cbb91f31e28a503aaf2eff340b62f5bdd11 (diff)
x86/vsyscall: Fix documentation to reflect the default mode
The default vsyscall mode has been updated from emulate to xonly for a while. Update the kernel-parameters doc to reflect that. Fixes: 625b7b7f79c6 ("x86/vsyscall: Change the default vsyscall mode to xonly") Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 80b14760314c..348f7d5a7842 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6766,11 +6766,11 @@
functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
- emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
- emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
- page is readable.
+ emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
+ reasonably safely. The vsyscall page is
+ readable.
- xonly Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
+ xonly [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
page is not readable.