Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86:
  x86: fix deadlock, make pgd_lock irq-safe
  virtio: fix trivial build bug
  x86: fix mttr trimming
  x86: delay CPA self-test and repeat it
  x86: fix 64-bit sections
  generic: add __FINITDATA
  x86: remove suprious ifdefs from pageattr.c
  x86: mark the .rodata section also NX
  x86: fix iret exception recovery on 64-bit
  cpuidle: dubious one-bit signed bitfield in cpuidle.h
  x86: fix sparse warnings in powernow-k8.c
  x86: fix sparse error in traps_32.c
  x86: trivial sparse/checkpatch in quirks.c
  x86 ptrace: disallow null cs/ss
  MAINTAINERS: RDC R-321x SoC maintainer
  brk randomization: introduce CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK
  brk: check the lower bound properly
  x86: remove X2 workaround
  x86: make spurious fault handler aware of large mappings
  x86: make traps on entry code be debuggable in user space, 64-bit

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 87f50df5889..92b23e25661 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -541,6 +541,18 @@ config ELF_CORE
         help
           Enable support for generating core dumps. Disabling saves about 4k.
 
+config COMPAT_BRK
+        bool "Disable heap randomization"
+        default y
+        help
+          Randomizing heap placement makes heap exploits harder, but it
+          also breaks ancient binaries (including anything libc5 based).
+          This option changes the bootup default to heap randomization
+          disabled, and can be overriden runtime by setting
+          /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space to 2.
+
+          On non-ancient distros (post-2000 ones) Y is usually a safe choice.
+
 config BASE_FULL
         default y
         bool "Enable full-sized data structures for core" if EMBEDDED