On Fri, 2018-10-26 at 18:35 +0200, LEROY Christophe wrote: > Why not call our new functionnality SMAP instead of calling it GUAP ?
mpe wasn't a fan of using the same terminology as other architectures. Having a separate term does avoid some assumptions about how things work or are implemented, but sharing compatibility with an existing parameter is nice. Personally I don't really care too much about the name. - Russell > > Christophe > > Russell Currey <rus...@russell.cc> a écrit : > > > Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <rus...@russell.cc> > > --- > > Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > index a5ad67d5cb16..8f78e75965f0 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > @@ -2764,7 +2764,7 @@ > > noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings > > (default) > > noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings > > > > - nosmap [X86] > > + nosmap [X86,PPC] > > Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access > > Prevention) > > even if it is supported by processor. > > > > -- > > 2.19.1 > >
