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@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ config PAGE_POISONING
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Fill the pages with poison patterns after free_pages() and verify
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the patterns before alloc_pages. The filling of the memory helps
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reduce the risk of information leaks from freed data. This does
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- have a potential performance impact.
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+ have a potential performance impact if enabled with the
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+ "page_poison=1" kernel boot option.
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Note that "poison" here is not the same thing as the "HWPoison"
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for CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE. This is software poisoning only.
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@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ config PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY
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say N.
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config PAGE_POISONING_ZERO
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- bool "Use zero for poisoning instead of random data"
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+ bool "Use zero for poisoning instead of debugging value"
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depends on PAGE_POISONING
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---help---
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Instead of using the existing poison value, fill the pages with
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@@ -75,7 +76,6 @@ config PAGE_POISONING_ZERO
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allocation.
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If unsure, say N
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- bool
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config DEBUG_PAGE_REF
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bool "Enable tracepoint to track down page reference manipulation"
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