linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.33-rc8 breaks UML with Restrict initial stack space expansion to rlimit

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Message-ID: <20100215071706.GB20814@jm.kir.nu>
Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:17:06 +0200
From:	Jouni Malinen <j@...fi>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, anton@...ba.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc8 breaks UML with Restrict initial stack space
 expansion to rlimit

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 03:59:26PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:

> -	rlim_stack = min(rlim_stack, stack_size);
> +	/*  Expand only to rlimit, making sure not to shrink it */
> +	rlim_stack = max(rlim_stack, stack_size);
> 
> is better fix?

Assuming I understood correctly that that was to replace the patch from
Michael completely and not just a part of it (i.e., just this one-liner
on top of linux-2.6.git), I can confirm that this, too, resolves the
issue I was seeing with UML.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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