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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 54c655ce9c04..a23da9f01803 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -1079,6 +1079,28 @@ config SLOB endchoice +config MMAP_ALLOW_UNINITIALIZED + bool "Allow mmapped anonymous memory to be uninitialized" + depends on EMBEDDED && !MMU + default n + help + Normally, and according to the Linux spec, anonymous memory obtained + from mmap() has it's contents cleared before it is passed to + userspace. Enabling this config option allows you to request that + mmap() skip that if it is given an MAP_UNINITIALIZED flag, thus + providing a huge performance boost. If this option is not enabled, + then the flag will be ignored. + + This is taken advantage of by uClibc's malloc(), and also by + ELF-FDPIC binfmt's brk and stack allocator. + + Because of the obvious security issues, this option should only be + enabled on embedded devices where you control what is run in + userspace. Since that isn't generally a problem on no-MMU systems, + it is normally safe to say Y here. + + See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information. + config PROFILING bool "Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL)" help |