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ARM: 7816/1: CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS: fix help text 

Commit f6f91b0d9f ("ARM: allow kuser helpers to be removed from the
vector page") introduced some help text for the CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS
option which is rather contradictory.

Let's fix that, and improve it a little.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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Nicolas Pitre 2013-08-14 22:36:32 +01:00 committed by Russell King
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@ -809,15 +809,18 @@ config KUSER_HELPERS
the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be
run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification.
See Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt for details.
However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used
by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating
exploits.
If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform
are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of
these helpers, then you can turn this option off. However,
when such an binary or library is run, it will receive a SIGILL
signal, which will terminate the program.
these helpers, then you can turn this option off to hinder
such exploits. However, in that case, if a binary or library
relying on those helpers is run, it will receive a SIGILL signal,
which will terminate the program.
Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not
need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y.