Re: patch to randomize mmap offsets

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     You could just request more space then you need and randomly offset
>     the allocations you do from within that space.  That has the same
>     result pretty much.

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.

cheers
 simon

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