Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Mar 2002 16:21:06 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: execve() fails to report errors |
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Hi!
> > Take this trivial .c program. Obviously correct. > > > > > > struct foo { > > char fill[1*1024*1024*1024]; > > }; > > > > struct foo a; > > > > void > > main(void) > > { > > } > > > > Compile. Run. Segfault. > > > > Whose fault? Kernels; it fails to corectly report not enough address > > space. > > I think the bug has to be found earlier on up the food chain. > If you do:
Well, nothing earlier can know if there will be enough address space at runtime. (It depends on kernel config .. 3GB vs 2GB ...) Pavel
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