From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:05:26 +0000 (-0700) Subject: deprecated.rst: Include details on "no_hash_pointers" X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6ab0493dfc62;p=linux.git deprecated.rst: Include details on "no_hash_pointers" Linus decided a debug toggle for %p was tolerable, so update the %p deprecation documentation. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210723200526.3424128-1-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> --- diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst index 9d83b8db88740..8ced754a5a0f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst @@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ Paraphrasing Linus's current `guidance <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwQEd up to Linus's scrutiny, maybe you can use "%px", along with making sure you have sensible permissions. -And finally, know that a toggle for "%p" hashing will `not be accepted <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwieC1-nAs+NFq9RTwaR8ef9hWa4MjNBWL41F-8wM49eA@mail.gmail.com/>`_. +If you are debugging something where "%p" hashing is causing problems, +you can temporarily boot with the debug flag "`no_hash_pointers +<https://git.kernel.org/linus/5ead723a20e0447bc7db33dc3070b420e5f80aa6>`_". Variable Length Arrays (VLAs) -----------------------------