Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (34 commits)
  trivial: fix typo in aic7xxx comment
  trivial: fix comment typo in drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.c
  trivial: typo in kernel-parameters.txt
  trivial: fix typo in tracing documentation
  trivial: add __init/__exit macros in drivers/gpio/bt8xxgpio.c
  trivial: add __init macro/ fix of __exit macro location in ipmi_poweroff.c
  trivial: remove unnecessary semicolons
  trivial: Fix duplicated word "options" in comment
  trivial: kbuild: remove extraneous blank line after declaration of usage()
  trivial: improve help text for mm debug config options
  trivial: doc: hpfall: accept disk device to unload as argument
  trivial: doc: hpfall: reduce risk that hpfall can do harm
  trivial: SubmittingPatches: Fix reference to renumbered step
  trivial: fix typos "man[ae]g?ment" -> "management"
  trivial: media/video/cx88: add __init/__exit macros to cx88 drivers
  trivial: fix typo in CONFIG_DEBUG_FS in gcov doc
  trivial: fix missing printk space in amd_k7_smp_check
  trivial: fix typo s/ketymap/keymap/ in comment
  trivial: fix typo "to to" in multiple files
  trivial: fix typos in comments s/DGBU/DBGU/
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 2dbff53369d..3e5b63ebb82 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -319,25 +319,29 @@ This option can be used to select the type of process address
 space randomization that is used in the system, for architectures
 that support this feature.
 
-0 - Turn the process address space randomization off by default.
+0 - Turn the process address space randomization off.  This is the
+    default for architectures that do not support this feature anyways,
+    and kernels that are booted with the "norandmaps" parameter.
 
 1 - Make the addresses of mmap base, stack and VDSO page randomized.
     This, among other things, implies that shared libraries will be
-    loaded to random addresses. Also for PIE-linked binaries, the location
-    of code start is randomized.
+    loaded to random addresses.  Also for PIE-linked binaries, the
+    location of code start is randomized.  This is the default if the
+    CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK option is enabled.
 
-    With heap randomization, the situation is a little bit more
-    complicated.
-    There a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient
+2 - Additionally enable heap randomization.  This is the default if
+    CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is disabled.
+
+    There are a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient
     versions of libc.so.5 from 1996) that assume that brk area starts
-    just after the end of the code+bss. These applications break when
-    start of the brk area is randomized. There are however no known
+    just after the end of the code+bss.  These applications break when
+    start of the brk area is randomized.  There are however no known
     non-legacy applications that would be broken this way, so for most
-    systems it is safe to choose full randomization. However there is
-    a CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK option for systems with ancient and/or broken
-    binaries, that makes heap non-randomized, but keeps all other
-    parts of process address space randomized if randomize_va_space
-    sysctl is turned on.
+    systems it is safe to choose full randomization.
+
+    Systems with ancient and/or broken binaries should be configured
+    with CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK enabled, which excludes the heap from process
+    address space randomization.
 
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