Re: patch to randomize mmap offsets

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:well, that's quite different.  randomizing mmap offsets gives a real random distribution over the whole userland address space.  allocating more and then offsetting within this allocation still gives a deterministic order of allocated memory locations, just the padding between those varies.
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:cheers
:  simon

    Randomizing mmap offsets that much will fragment user virtual memory
    and cause the program to run out of space if it uses mmap() heavily.
    I really dislike the concept.

						-Matt