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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2021-07-23 13:05:26 -0700
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2021-07-25 14:30:55 -0600
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deprecated.rst: Include details on "no_hash_pointers"
Linus decided a debug toggle for %p was tolerable, so update the %p deprecation documentation. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210723200526.3424128-1-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ Paraphrasing Linus's current `guidance <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwQEd
up to Linus's scrutiny, maybe you can use "%px", along with making sure
you have sensible permissions.
-And finally, know that a toggle for "%p" hashing will `not be accepted <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwieC1-nAs+NFq9RTwaR8ef9hWa4MjNBWL41F-8wM49eA@mail.gmail.com/>`_.
+If you are debugging something where "%p" hashing is causing problems,
+you can temporarily boot with the debug flag "`no_hash_pointers
+<https://git.kernel.org/linus/5ead723a20e0447bc7db33dc3070b420e5f80aa6>`_".
Variable Length Arrays (VLAs)
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