Re: [PATCH v2] fs/proc: Don't expose absolute kernel addresses via wchan

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, Kees Cook wrote:
> Probably should also update Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt with
> something like:
> 
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Table 1-4: Contents of the stat files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
>    blocked       bitmap of blocked signals
>    sigign        bitmap of ignored signals
>    sigcatch      bitmap of caught signals
> -  wchan         address where process went to sleep
> +  0             (place holder, was wchan, see /proc/PID/wchan instead)
>    0             (place holder)
>    0             (place holder)
>    exit_signal   signal to send to parent thread on exit

Good catch!

Thanks,

	tglx
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