On 08/13/2012 01:56 PM, David Cullen wrote: >> >> That sounds like a bug in xargs... >> > > In my specific case, qemu-arm-static calls xargs (In fact, in my > cross chroot, qemu-arm-static is used to run every user mode process). > > Do you mean that qemu-arm-static is exposing a latent defect in xargs? > > Does qemu-arm-static steal some of the command line space that would > normally be available for xargs? If so, how would xargs figure out > this was happening and handle the problem? > I have no idea. Perhaps strace can help you see what is happening, I don't know. More likely it is qemu-arm-static that is broken and it is trying to enforce the old 128K limit that we used to have before 2.6.23. This could cause a mismatch between what sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) returns and what the actual limit is. Anyway, even more so the reason to reject this patch. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
