Commit 17f0669c authored by Sohil Mehta's avatar Sohil Mehta Committed by Jonathan Corbet

x86/vsyscall: Fix documentation to reflect the default mode

The default vsyscall mode has been updated from emulate to xonly for a
while. Update the kernel-parameters doc to reflect that.

Fixes: 625b7b7f ("x86/vsyscall: Change the default vsyscall mode to xonly")
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230111193211.1987047-1-sohil.mehta@intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent cac02cbb
......@@ -6766,11 +6766,11 @@
functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
page is readable.
emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
reasonably safely. The vsyscall page is
readable.
xonly Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
xonly [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
page is not readable.
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