From 2c58ce1908a476729b3002dc0e539060dd536fff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: inference
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:38:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Switch from paragraph formatting to table formatting for
arena counts
---
documentation/hardened_malloc.xhtml | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/documentation/hardened_malloc.xhtml b/documentation/hardened_malloc.xhtml
index 33fb33b..05e8c65 100644
--- a/documentation/hardened_malloc.xhtml
+++ b/documentation/hardened_malloc.xhtml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-
+
@@ -79,8 +79,18 @@
Note that having too many arenas may cause memory fragmentation and decrease
system performance. The number of arenas has no impact on the security
properties of hardened_malloc.
- Minimum number of arenas: 1
- Maximum number of arenas: 256
+
+
+ Minimum |
+ Maximum |
+ Default |
+
+
+ 1 |
+ 256 |
+ 4 |
+
+
For extra security, CONFIG_SEAL_METADATA=true
can be used in
order to control whether Memory Protection Keys are used to disable access to
all writable allocator state outside of the memory allocator code. It's