linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] RLIMIT_ARG

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0802290801290.17889@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:05:48 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
cc:	aaw <aaw@...gle.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	michael.kerrisk@...il.com, carlos@...esourcery.com,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] RLIMIT_ARG_MAX



On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> Currently these arrays are considered part of the stack, and
> RLIMIT_STACK includes them. However POSIX does not specify it must be
> so.

What's the real advantage of this? I'm not seeing it. Just an extra 
complexity "niceness" that nobody can rely on anyway since it's not even 
specified, and older kernels won't do it.

		Linus
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