linux-kernel - Re: 4096 byte limit to /proc/PID/environ ?

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Message-ID: <46DFC711.6090100@moving-picture.com>
Date:	Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:23:29 +0100
From:	James Pearson <james-p@...ing-picture.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
CC:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Anton Arapov <aarapov@...hat.com>,
	Guy Streeter <guy.streeter@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4096 byte limit to /proc/PID/environ ?

Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>>OK, here is the patch (without the long line) against 2.6.23-rc5 - what 
>>else needs to be done to get it committed?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> a.  It needs a changelog that describes the problem and the patch.
> b.  It needs to apply cleanly to a current kernel.
>     (It does not apply cleanly now due to some odd line breaks [see #1
>     below.)
> c.  It needs to use tabs instead of spaces.  That will probably help
>     on item b as well.
> 
> linux-2.6.23-rc5> dryrun < ~/fs-proc-read-sizes.patch 
> 4 out of 4 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file fs/proc/base.c.rej

I think a 'cut-n-paste' to my mail app mangled the patch - I'll 
re-submit it 'cleanly' ...

Thanks

James Pearson
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