Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:39:57 +0200 | From | Samuel Thibault <> | Subject | MAX_ARG_STRLEN too small? |
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Hello,
I wanted to pass edos-debcheck a big list of packages (10000), but exec returns E2BIG, because that reaches MAX_ARG_STRLEN which is (PAGE_SIZE * 32). Comment says “MAX_ARG_STRLEN is essentially random but serves to prevent the kernel from being unduly impacted by misaddressed pointers.”
Aren't there other ways to avoid the issue and permit not-so-bounded args?
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