Hi > apkm, linus: this or something like it needs to go into 2.6.33 (& 32) to > fix 'ulimit -s'. "fix ulimit -s" is too cool explanation ;-) we are not ESPer. please consider to provide what bug is exist. > Mikey > > [PATCH] Restrict stack space reservation to rlimit > > When reserving stack space for a new process, make sure we're not > attempting to allocate more than rlimit allows. > > Also, reserve the same stack size independent of page size. Why do we need page size independent stack size? It seems to have compatibility breaking risk. > > This fixes a bug unmasked by fc63cf237078c86214abcb2ee9926d8ad289da9b > > Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx > --- > fs/exec.c | 9 ++++++--- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > Index: clone1/fs/exec.c > =================================================================== > --- clone1.orig/fs/exec.c > +++ clone1/fs/exec.c > @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_are > return 0; > } > > -#define EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES 20 /* random */ > +#define EXTRA_STACK_VM_SIZE 81920UL /* randomly 20 4K pages */ > > /* > * Finalizes the stack vm_area_struct. The flags and permissions are updated, > @@ -627,10 +627,13 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm > goto out_unlock; > } > > + stack_base = min(EXTRA_STACK_VM_SIZE, > + current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur) - > + PAGE_SIZE; > #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP > - stack_base = vma->vm_end + EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE; > + stack_base = vma->vm_end + stack_base; > #else > - stack_base = vma->vm_start - EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE; > + stack_base = vma->vm_start - stack_base; > #endif > ret = expand_stack(vma, stack_base); > if (ret) > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html