Re: [patch 3/3] mm: variable length argument support
Olaf Hering <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Aug 2007 21:03:57 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.ports.hppa,gmane.linux.kernel.mm |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, Jun 13, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > From: Ollie Wild <[email protected]> > > Remove the arg+env limit of MAX_ARG_PAGES by copying the strings directly > from the old mm into the new mm. > +++ linux-2.6-2/include/linux/binfmts.h 2007-06-13 11:52:46.000000000 +0200 > @@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ > struct pt_regs; > > /* > - * MAX_ARG_PAGES defines the number of pages allocated for arguments > - * and envelope for the new program. 32 should suffice, this gives > - * a maximum env+arg of 128kB w/4KB pages! > + * These are the maximum length and maximum number of strings passed to the > + * execve() system call. MAX_ARG_STRLEN is essentially random but serves to > + * prevent the kernel from being unduly impacted by misaddressed pointers. > + * MAX_ARG_STRINGS is chosen to fit in a signed 32-bit integer. > */ > -#define MAX_ARG_PAGES 32 > +#define MAX_ARG_STRLEN (PAGE_SIZE * 32) > +#define MAX_ARG_STRINGS 0x7FFFFFFF This adds a new usage of PAGE_SIZE to an exported header. How can this be fixed for 2.6.23?