linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/3] no MAX_ARG

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Date:	Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:07:10 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, parisc-linux@...ts.parisc-linux.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Ollie Wild <aaw@...gle.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/3] no MAX_ARG_PAGES -v2

* Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> > This patch-set aims at removing the current limit on argv+env space 
> > aka. MAX_ARG_PAGES.
> 
> Thanks a lot for solving this properly. I have been upping current 
> limits to some insane ammounts to work around this.

seconded! I have tried the patchset and it works great for me. This 
limitation of Linux has bothered me almost since i started using Linux 
more than a decade ago (i remember having run into it when running a 
script on an overly large directory), and it's perhaps the oldest still 
existing userspace-visible limitations of Linux. It was also a really 
hard nut to crack. Kudos Peter! I really cant wait to see this in 2.6.23
:-)

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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