1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 5dfc206748cf..49b51f964897 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ config SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
           from userspace allocation.  Keeping a user from writing to low pages
           can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs.
 
-          For most users with lots of address space a value of 65536 is
-          reasonable and should cause no problems.  Programs which use vm86
-          functionality would either need additional permissions from either
-          the LSM or the capabilities module or have this protection disabled.
+          For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
+          a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
+          On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
+          Programs which use vm86 functionality would either need additional
+          permissions from either the LSM or the capabilities module or have
+          this protection disabled.
 
           This value can be changed after boot using the
           /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr tunable.