linux-kernel - Re: Removing MAX_ARG_PAGES (request for comments/assistance)

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Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:47:14 -0700
From:	"Ollie Wild" <aaw@...gle.com>
To:	"Peter Zijlstra" <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Removing MAX_ARG_PAGES (request for comments/assistance)

> I'll have another look tomorrow, but I too don't have access to a funny
> platform, so I can be of limited help implementing the missing stack
> model. - that was all that is missing, right?
>
> Peter

That's the main technical item.  I guess I was hoping for some more
general feedback regarding the desirability of this patch: "Yes, this
is good.  Polish it off and we'll incorporate it," "No, we think the
status quo is fine," or something along those lines.

There is one point I forgot to mention.  I'm not sure what to do with
the audit_bprm() function.  It tries to copy the entire argument array
into a kmalloc'ed region, which isn't gonig to fly if we allow the
argument list to grow arbitrarily large.

Ollie
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